Jeonbuk, Jeon Jin-woo led by multi-goal against Sydney and lost... Jeonbuk coach Foye said, "Mentality is part of the problem, the match against Pohang is different."

Jeonbuk, Jeon Jin-woo led by multi-goal against Sydney and lost... Jeonbuk coach Foye said, "Mentality is part of the problem, the match against Pohang is different."

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Jeonbuk Hyundai failed to keep a good atmosphere in the first half.

Jeonbuk Hyundai lost 2-3 against Sydney FC in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League 2 of the 2024-2025 season at Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, at 5 p.m. on the 13th (Korea time).

Jeonbuk, which lost 0-2 in the first round at Mir Stadium in Yongin on the 6th, needed a victory. Jeon Jin-woo scored two goals in the first half to balance the score to 2-2 on aggregate, but the defense collapsed in the second half and allowed consecutive runs. In the end, they lost the combined score of 2-5, failing to advance to the semifinals.

Jeonbuk operated a 4-3-3 tactic. Jeon Jin-woo, Park Jae-yong, and Jeon Byeong-kwan led the attack, and Lee Young-jae, Boateng, and Kim Jin-kyu were in the midfield. The defense was made up of Choi Chul-soon, Park Jin-seop, Yeon Je-woon, and Kim Tae-hyun, and Kim Jung-hoon defended the goal.

Kim Young-bin, Choi Woo-jin, Lee Seung-woo, Kang Sang-yoon, Ahn Hyun-beom, Jin Tae-ho, Kwon Chang-hoon and Gong Si-hyun were on the bench. Veteran Han Kook-young and Kim Tae-hwan, including the main strikers Compagno, were excluded from the away list.

Sydney opted for a 4-2-3-1 formation. Klimala stood on the front line, with Antony Caceres, Douglas Costa and Joe Raleigh at the second line. Kamizo and Leo Sena played the midfield, while Courtney Perkins, Alex Grant, Ryan Grant and Joel King built the defense. The goalkeeper was Debernish Mears.

Jeonbuk faced a crisis from the beginning of the game. In the fourth minute of the first half, Cáceres broke through the left side and attempted to shoot, but slightly missed the post. Klimala then shook the net by connecting Cáceres' cross with a shot in the 9th minute of the first half, but after VAR review, it was ruled offside.

Jeonbuk, which overcame the crisis, gradually accelerated its offense. In the 35th minute of the first half, Kim Jin-kyu's ball from inside the box was connected by Jeon Jin-woo with a powerful shot to score the first goal. After Boateng's shot was blocked by the goalkeeper in the extra time of the first half, Jeon Jin-woo pushed the ball back to make it 2-0. The first half ended with a combined score of 2-2.

Jeonbuk faced a decisive chance at the beginning of the second half. Jeon Jin-woo, who was inundated from the left side, had a one-on-one chance, but was blocked by the goalkeeper's defense and swallowed the disappointment.

In the 15th minute of the second half, Jeonbuk lost a point by making a mistake in the free-kick defense. Sydney recovered one goal when Alex Grant pushed a ball that flowed in front of the gate, and the score was turned around 2-3 on aggregate.

Jeonbuk tried to counterattack but was unlucky. In the 22nd minute of the second half, Ahn Hyun-bum shook the net by receiving a penetrating pass, but VAR's reading ruled him offside and the score was nullified.

Jeonbuk lost an additional point in the 26th minute of the second half due to bad luck. Klimala finished the pass that Douglas Costa connected to Perkins over the defense and scored a 2-2 equalizer. As Sydney maintained a two-goal lead in the combined score, Jeonbuk was increasingly in a corner.

In the 35th minute of the second half, Jeonbuk made a critical mistake. A penalty was declared when Boateng committed a foul in the process of stopping Perkins in the box. Costa, who played kicker, scored with an accurate shot, turning the game around 3-2.

Jeonbuk was given six minutes of added time, but it had to accept its 2-3 defeat by failing to tie the score in the end. Jeonbuk, which lost to Sydney with a combined score of 2-5, failed to advance to the semifinals.

During a press conference after the match, Jeonbuk coach Gus Foye said, "In the first half, we had good attack on the opponent. We need to analyze the loss of three goals in the second half."

He said, "I think there is a problem in the overall team rather than a specific player's problem. After the first loss, a lot of players collapsed mentally."

Jeonbuk is recording an unfamiliar losing streak. "When I return to Korea tomorrow (April 14), I have only one day to train after I arrive. I have some players left in Korea and I think I need to prepare with them. Overall, I think I prepared well for today's game by starting players, but I was disappointed with the result," he said.

Foyet said, "We have a game in Pohang on the weekend, so we have to focus on the match against Pohang. I think the bad parts of the players last season are repeating. I need to work especially hard in the mental part."

Meanwhile, Sydney coach Uppuk Thalei said, "In the second half, trying to revitalize the game through replacement and dominate the game with new players has paid off." 먹튀검증

"We came up with a solution to what was blocked in the first half. That is why we are one of the strongest teams in Jeonbuk Asia. I am satisfied."