Yuri Jonathan of Jeju SK FC takes a penalty in opposition to Suwon Samsung Bluewings through the opening leg of the groups’ Okay League promotion-relegation playoff collection at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Yonhap
Jeju SK FC took a giant step towards avoiding relegation to the second division in Korean soccer Wednesday, as they gained the primary leg of their key playoff collection on the highway.
Yuri Jonathan’s 67th-minute penalty stood because the winner as Jeju SK defeated Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-0 to open their Okay League promotion-relegation playoffs at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, some 30 kilometers south of Seoul.
The return leg of this home-and-away collection will probably be 2 p.m. Sunday at Jeju World Cup Stadium in Seogwipo on the southern island of Jeju.
Jeju SK ended up in these playoffs after ending in eleventh place within the top-flight Okay League 1. They have to win this collection to remain within the prime division and keep away from falling into the Okay League 2 for the primary time since 2020.
Suwon Samsung, four-time Okay League 1 champions with a number of different main trophies, had been relegated to the Okay League 2 after the 2023 season. This yr, they certified for the promotion-relegation playoffs by ending in second place within the Okay League 2 however now discover themselves in a 1-0 gap heading into the away leg Sunday.
There will probably be no away objectives rule in impact. If the combination scores are tied after two matches, then the groups will play a 30-minute additional interval. If that does not remedy the impasse, there will probably be a penalty shootout.
Suwon Samsung, who led the Okay League 2 with 76 objectives in 39 matches this season, outshot Jeju SK 10-2 on Wednesday however could not remedy goalkeeper Kim Dong-jun.
Stanislav Iljutcenko examined Kim with a header within the sixteenth minute, after organising Kim Ji-hyun for a right-footed shot that went huge proper of the goal.
Within the forty first minute, Iljutcenko despatched Bruno Silva off on a counterbreak, however his left-footed shot simply missed the web to the suitable.
Jeju SK didn’t have a shot on track within the first half, however Yuri Jonathan transformed the penalty after Suwon Samsung goalkeeper Kim Min-jun was referred to as for a foul on Yu In-soo after their collision within the field.
Kim Dong-jun stood tall in Jeju’s web down the stretch, turning apart Kim Hyun’s shot throughout stoppage time to seal the slender win.
The opposite promotion-relegation playoff collection is between Suwon FC, who completed tenth within the Okay League 1, and Bucheon FC 1995, who had been third within the Okay League 2 and gained a playoff match to get up to now. Their opening leg is 7 p.m. Thursday in Bucheon, simply west of Seoul, adopted by the second leg at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Suwon.
