Hong Hyeon-seok (23) started scoring for the first time in a while, and the team also sounded a victory note.
KAA Gent lost 3-1 to KVC Westerlo in the first round of the 2022-23 season Belgian First Division A (Jupiler Pro League) Conference League Playoff Group held at Geramco Arena in Gent, Belgium on the morning of the 29th (Korean time). won a come-from-behind
I set up a 3-5-2 formation. Tarik Tisudali and Hugo Kuipers formed the top two, with Sven Coombs, Julian De Sarthe and Vardis Odidia in the midfield. Hong Hyun-seok and Matisse Samuaz played as left and right wingbacks, and Jordan Torunari, Joseph Okumu, and Camille Piontkowski formed a three-back pair. Paul Nardi puts on goalkeeper gloves.
In the 27th minute of the first half, Ghent lost a goal, but in the second half, Hong Hyun-seok scored to balance it out. In the 7th minute of the second half, Hong Hyeon-seok drove to the front of the penalty arc and put a through pass to the penetrating Kuipers. Afterwards, Hong Hyun-seok rushed the cutback and calmly pushed it with his right foot.
With this, Hong Hyun-seok scored his 9th goal this season. With 6 points in the league, 1 goal in the European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa Conference League (UECL) and 2 goals in the Belgian Cup, it is now one goal left to score in double digits. In addition, 8 assists (5 leagues, 3 UECLs) produced a total of ‘9 goals and 8 assists’ attack points.
Hent, riding on the momentum, drove a wedge following a reversal. In the 10th minute of the second half, Coombs’ shot in front of the penalty box shook the net, and in the 43rd minute of the second half, Hong Hyun-seok’s cross in front of the goal was headed by Kuipers, and Gift Orban scored with a powerful shot. Hong Hyun-seok served as the starting point for scoring the wedge.
Hong Hyun-seok, who played full-time, had a pass success rate of 85%, 4 key passes, 1 shot (1 point), 1 successful dribble (1 attempt), 2 crosses (5 attempts), 2 long passes. (tried 3 times), recovered 5 times, succeeded in ground contention 2 times (tried 2 times), and fouled 1 time. 먹튀검증
Meanwhile, Gent succeeded in breaking the link of the recent 3 matches (2 draws, 1 loss) and was positioned at the top of the conference league playoff group. In the Belgian league, after the regular season (round 34), only the top 8 teams play off. It is divided into 1st to 4th and 5th to 8th places, and as Gent finished in 5th place, it was included in the Conference League playoff group. Each team starts with half of the points earned in the regular season and plays 6 games, home and away.
1st place in the conference playoff group will be given a chance to play against the final 4th place team for a ticket to the UECL 2nd qualifying round home-and-away. Gent are at the top of the group with 31 points.