"Coach Foye talked about his Chelsea days..." Behind the scenes when Park Jae-yong played as a winger for the first time in his life
"Coach Foye talked about his Chelsea days..." Behind the scenes when Park Jae-yong played as a winger for the first time in his life
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Park Jae-yong (25, Jeonbuk Hyundai) revealed the back story of playing as a left winger for the first time in his life.
Jeonbuk Hyundai defeated Port FC Thailand 1-0 in the second round of the round of 16 strongest teams of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Two (hereinafter referred to as ACLT) held at Jeonju World Cup Stadium at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Park Jae-yong's first header in the fifth minute of the first half determined the outcome.
With this result, Jeonbuk has advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Port with a combined score of 5-0. It is a total of three matches since Gus Foye took the helm. Jeonbuk recorded a landslide 4-0 victory against Port in the first match, and secured a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Gimcheon in the opening match of the K League 1. It then secured Port once again at Jeonju Castle, continuing a good atmosphere.
Jeonbuk will now play the next match against Sydney FC of Australia, which beat Bangkok United. Jeonbuk plans to play the first match at home on March 6, and then move to Australia on April 13 for an away match. Sydney is also called the "grave of the away team" as it is too far away.
After the game, Park Jae-yong said, "First of all, I feel great to advance to the quarterfinals at ACLT. I want to help my team by scoring a lot of points this season. I'm glad that I got my first goal. It's good to advance to the quarterfinals, but it was a monumental day for my team Legend (Choi) Cheol-soon to reach 500 matches in Jeonbuk. It's nice to win such a match. I'm glad that I helped my team."
Park even scored a goal as he took on an unfamiliar position as left winger. "This is my first time as a winger in my life. The coach gave me a lot of confidence at the meeting. He told me to trust myself," Park said. "He also told me about my experiences when I was at Chelsea. At first, he sighed so much that the coach said something. He said he had never looked at the sides before, but the coach said he could do it. I tried to focus on what I could do well rather than thinking too much," Park said.
Coach Foye also gave compliments to Park. "I'm not used to this position, but I think I've adapted well. I know where Park can run the best. It was because I wanted to give time for both of them to play. There are aspects I experimented with because I wanted to know what to do when two strikers should be deployed in the future. I could have had a hard time, but I'm satisfied because I did a good job today," he said, patting Park on the back.
He also revealed his story to Park. "I always played as a central midfielder for seven years in Spain at the beginning of my career," Foye said. "However, the coach used me as a central midfielder in the pre-season, but things didn't go well for Chelsea. So he deployed me as a left winger in the end. When I first heard that, I showed exactly the same reaction as Park yesterday. "Me? On the left side?" he asked back. "That's why I was hired as a left side a lot for the next four years." 먹튀검증
Park Jae-yong has to compete for the one-top spot with the new "Jangshin Striker" Kompanyo and Thiago. "Jeonbuk Hyundai always has a lot of good players. Every K-League team has to compete with a foreign striker. I think it's destiny. If he shows good performance in training and practice without having to worry about it, I think the coach will let him run," Foyet said with a smile.