K League 1 (South Korea top flight)

[Nalis]

If we have a thread for the Belarus top flight I think the K League deserves one too!

 

Starts today at 10.50am UK time today and matches are live on the BBC website.

 

Who is your team? I'm unashamedly glory hunting and going for the current champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Not watched any Belarusian but I'm gonna give this a go – got a soft spot for Suwon from FIFA 06/7 days so I'll go for them, they're playing today in all.

[davieG]

Some background info.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/52581366

[StanSP]

Suwon Bluewings cos they play in blue so virtually the equivalent to Leicester. 

[StanSP]

Don't know if my standards of watching football have dropped or if I'm just happy football has returned but this isn't a bad 0-0 so far between Jeonbuk and Suwon  

[urban.spaceman]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Suwon Bluewings cos they play in blue so virtually the equivalent to Leicester. 

COME ON SUWON

COME ON SUWON

COME ON SUWON

[StanSP]

11 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

COME ON SUWON

COME ON SUWON

COME ON SUWON

 

When is the 'LEICESTER SUWON ALLIANCE' starting up?

[urban.spaceman]

21 minutes ago, StanSP said:

 

When is the 'LEICESTER SUWON ALLIANCE' starting up?

I’ve already ordered the flag. 

[Facecloth]

Fans aren't really getting behind the teams. Disappointing.

[StanSP]

VAR is back!!!!

 

Ah how we've missed this. 

[Stadt]

Despite them turning me down on FM, gonna be supporting FC Seoul. Seem a bit less corporate than the others based on my very limited knowledge of Korean football 

[Ian W LCFC]

Terrible marking on that corner!

[Nalis]

Goal, come on you greeeens! It was coming though Suwon knock the ball about well when they have it.

 

Potential unpopular opinion but I think the crowd noise does improve things from watching on tv and could work if they are club specific in the premier league.

[Nalis]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

 

When is the 'LEICESTER SUWON ALLIANCE' starting up?

If you lot start this alliance I'm off to support Forest Green Rovers to set up their alliance with Jeonbuk.

[FoxesDeb]

Never been so disappointed watching a goal go in against a team I'd never heard of just over an hour before in a league I've never watched and know nothing about 

Edited 8 May 2020 by FoxesDeb

[StanSP]

This might be of use 

 

 

 

[StanSP]

 wtf 

 

how weird is that?! Match finishes and one of the conditions was players/staff not to talk to each other (impossible, obviously, but still stated).

 

Then they go and do a post-match press conference on the pitch with player and interviewer not wearing masks  

[ALC Fox]

5 hours ago, StanSP said:

 

When is the 'LEICESTER SUWON ALLIANCE' starting up?

I once stayed in the same hotel as Jeonbuk when they played FC Seoul in the capital, but I have seen Suwon play live before so I was rooting for the Bluewings earlier. Gutted they couldn't hold on for the draw.

 

The piped-in crowd noise was a bit weird when coupled with an empty stadium. But when I saw them live four-and-a-half years ago it was also strange. The atmosphere was decent and there was a strong vocal support behind one of the goals, but that support didn't really seem to be affected by what was happening on the pitch from what I could gather. Even when goals went in for and against, that section of support continued to sing in the same manner unperturbed.

 

It was a good day out though.

[Bilo]

They'll be dancing on webcams in lounges across Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors tonight. 

[foxile5]

My old stomping ground is daegu. Their team motto this season is 'size doesn't matter' which is odd. 

[ALC Fox]

The pace was quite slow and both teams were quite direct from what I remember. But it wasn't awful by any means and it was quite entertaining.

 

It was the only Korean match I'd see until the one on the TV the other day. In that one Jeonbuk were very good. They moved the ball around well and seemed to have some good technical players but couldn't break through Suwon's stubborn defence until late on when Suwon were down to ten men.

[StanSP]

 

 

[Jattdogg]

11 hours ago, StanSP said:

 

 

Need to get me one of them dolls, for research purposes. Im lonely wfh, miss my female colleague so perhaps sitting this next to me will bring back some normalcy.

[filbertway]

Honestly don't know why they're apologising at that haha