Even the potential of ‘Speed Racer’ Kim In-seong (34, Pohang) has exploded. Recruiting this season has also become a lucrative business.
Pohang Steelers has been undefeated in the K League 1 for a month since the opening in late February. Nevertheless, the expression of Pohang coach Kim Ki-dong was not very bright. He went so far as to say, “The players in the second team do better.” The performance of the players recruited ahead of this season has been slow. Pohang lost a lot of key members after the end of last season. Although Baek Sung-dong, Kim In-seong, and Kim Jong-woo filled the spot with immediate power, it was evaluated that the destructive power was inferior to that of the existing members. At least, foreign players Jeka and Oberdan struggled in the forefront and midfield, respectively. 스포츠토토
But when April came, the recruits started to do their part. In the Jeonbuk expedition on the 1st, in the 12th minute of the second half when they were trailing 0-1, Baek Seong-dong, who moved from FC Anyang and was on the K-League 1 stage for the first time in his life, scored a goal of the season. Then, in extra time in the second half, he delivered a cross like gold to the door that helped Zecca’s first goal of the season and the winning goal.
Baek Seong-dong also scored his second goal of the season with the help of Jeka in the 12th minute of the second half when he was leading 1-0 against Gwangju on the 8th. Even in a situation where there was no angle from the left side of the penalty box, he shook the net with a fantastic left-footed shot.