“This is the first time I’ve ever had such a hard winter training.”
Joo Se-jong (Daejeon Hana Citizen) stuck out his tongue. Joo Se-jong said at the ‘2023 K-League Winter Training Media Camp’ held in Geoje, Gyeongnam on the 13th, “After a long wait, we have been promoted to K-League 1. There are many players who can compete in the composition of the players. I want to have fun this season. Winter During training, I am supplementing the physical part and doing a lot of tactical parts. I have high expectations that Daejeon Hana Citizen will be competitive.”
Daejeon entered the K-League 1 this season. It was the first promotion in 8 years after the conversion of the corporate team. The move of Daejeon, which has continued to invest overwhelmingly since the K-League 2 days, is one of the biggest concerns of the K-League 1 this season. Daejeon’s power has been called K-League 1 level since the K-League 2 days. It’s not enough to shake the ground this winter, but still, after embracing Yoo Kang-hyun and Thiago, who are 1st and 2nd in K-League 2, he continued to accompany real players such as Ju Se-jong’s complete transfer and Lee Jin-hyun’s renewal of the contract, and upgraded his power.
In particular, Ju Se-jong’s stay is a great strength. Director Lee Min-seong is expecting so much that he gave Joo Se-jong the captain’s armband. Joo Se-jong said, “Last year, as a loanee for six months, it was a period of adjusting to the atmosphere of the team. Since the beginning of the season, I have been building a team with Yu-min at the head, but in the meantime, I was cautious about talking about it. Now, as a member of the team, I want to be promoted. I achieved this, and since I became a player in Daejeon, I inherited the baton from Yoo Min-i and became the captain. As a senior, as a captain, I am trying to live in the stadium or help the players to show their skills.”
He said, “When I think calmly, I think we are in 12th place. Gwangju was promoted directly, and we came through the playoffs. I think we started in 12th place. So we have to put in more effort and prepare. There is not much player change in unraveling the game, and since there is little player change because you can play the existing game, players talk with each other, and good strikers come in, and I think the goal is to stay first, so I want to go up one by one.” communicated the goal.
-What is your resolution for this season?
▶After a long wait, we got promoted to K-League 1. There are many players who can compete in the composition of the players. I want to have fun challenging myself this season. During winter training, I am supplementing the physical part and doing a lot of tactical parts. There is a high expectation that Daejeon Hana Citizen will be competitive.
– Coach Min-seong Lee is famous for his strict training.
▶In Thailand, I told the director that it was the first time I had to do it this tight during my professional life. The coach said that the year before last, compared to last year, the players who had been on this team for the past two years were respectable, and I endured, thinking that only by overcoming such training would we be able to meet strong teams during the season and endure. Coming from Geoje, he is focusing on the game and the tactical part. They are adapting well.
– It’s been argued.
▶Last year, 6 months, it was a period of adjusting to the atmosphere of the team as a loan student. Since the beginning of the season, I have been forming a team with Yumin at the head, but in the meantime, I was cautious about stepping out and talking. Now that he has been promoted as a member of the team and has become a Daejeon player, he took over the baton from Yumin and became the captain. As a senior and captain, I am trying to live in the stadium or live or help the players so that they can show their skills.
-Coach Lee Min-seong said, ‘Our players will do better in K-League 1 than in K-League 2’.
▶K League 2 is more difficult than K League 1, K League 1 has its own color and has the ability to adjust the tempo. I divide the time to defend and attack, but since there is little experience in K-League 2 and there is a lot of unfinished waiting, we give and take between attacking and defending without tempo. No matter how good your skills are, it’s not easy to adapt to that part. Our players have overcome that part well, so if you have a lot of skills, I think you can solve it better than K League 2 if you solve it according to the tempo. 토토사이트
-What do you think is the current address of Daejeon?
▶When I think calmly, I think we are 12th. Gwangju promoted directly, and we came through the playoffs. I think it starts with 12th place. So, you have to put in more effort and prepare. There is not much player change in unraveling the game, and the range of player change is small because I can play the existing play, so the players talk with each other, and good strikers come in, and I think the goal is to stay first, so I want to go up one by one.
– What players are you looking forward to?
▶ Jaesuk hyung came to the position we needed and did a good job. Kanghyun and Thiago are also doing well in the front line. It’s good to be able to score when the ball comes. I proved it in K-League 2, but I have an expectation that it will be developed by proving it in K-League 1 as well.
– Current mood.
▶When I first went to Thailand for winter training, I told the coach after a day or two that the players’ eyes and behavior had changed. The players said they seemed to have made up their mind to prove their competitiveness in the K-League 1. When they came to Korea and had a practice game, they said that they should act like K-League 1 players, but they are doing it seriously with a sense of responsibility. A lot has changed. We became a part of being challenged, but rather, it became a basis for us to put down the burden and fight. I am preparing every day without any regrets.