K League 1 Gangwon, Ulsan Win after 13 years away...Shin Min-ha's winning goal performance
K League 1 Gangwon, Ulsan Win after 13 years away...Shin Min-ha's winning goal performance
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Gangwon FC beat "defending champion" Ulsan HD to achieve its first consecutive win of the season thanks to central defender Shin Min-ha's K-League debut goal born in 2005.
Gangwon beat Ulsan 2-1 with Kim Kang-guk's one goal and one assist and Shin Min-ha's winning goal in the ninth round of Hana Bank's K League 1 2025 away game at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium on the 19th.
With this victory, Gangwon won 1-0 at the previous match against Gwangju FC to snap a three-game losing streak, and won its first consecutive game this season, increasing the number of points to 13 (4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses). In particular, it was all the more meaningful as it lost 16 consecutive league games after winning 2-1 on May 26, 2012, but won for the first time in 13 years and 17 games in an away match in Ulsan.
In the beginning of the game, Gangwon first broke the balance. In the 16th minute of the first half, Choi Byung-chan passed to Kim Kang-guk in front of Ulsan's penalty arc, and Choi Seok-hyun, the opposing defender, failed to clear it properly during the competition, and the ball fell in front of the penalty spot. Kim Kang-guk calmly finished with his right foot to avoid goalkeeper Moon Jung-in. This was the first goal that Kim Kang-guk, who made his professional debut with Incheon United in 2019, scored after moving to Gangwon in January last year, and the first in his K-League 1 career.
Ulsan tied the game with Eric's penalty score in extra time in the first half. On the right side of the penalty area, Ko Seung-beom got a penalty kick when he tripped over Kim Dae-woo, and Eric tricked goalkeeper Lee Kwang-yeon to finish.
Two minutes into the second half, Gangwon took the lead again. Shin Min-ha headed a cross from Kim Kang-guk in front of the goal to score his K-League debut goal. 안전놀이터
Afterwards, Gangwon maintained its lead by deploying defense resources, while Ulsan lost the game by failing to take advantage of an indirect free kick and Lee Chung-yong's shooting opportunity in the 36th minute of the second half. Ulsan remained flat with four wins, two draws and four losses (14 points).