Kim Ki-dong, who won Kyung In The B, also broke the opening jinx. "I've lost for three years, but I won today."" Praise athletes for 'forward pressure' [the scene of Incheon]

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FC Seoul coach Kim Ki-dong expressed his feelings about winning the "Kyung In The B" in 581 days.

Seoul won 2-1 with consecutive goals by Song Min-gyu and Cho Young-wook in the away game of the "Hana Bank K League 1 2026" against Incheon United at 2 p.m. on the 28th at Incheon Football Stadium.

Seoul, which received a disappointing report card of sixth place last season, started the "Seoul Spring" in a good mood by winning the opening match. On the other hand, Incheon swallowed its disappointment by losing a rival match to return to the top division for the first time in a year.

With the first half ending scoreless, Seoul scored the first goal in two minutes of the second half. The goalkeeper was Song Min-gyu, a transfer student. Babets stole the ball and poked a forward pass. The pass seemed long, but the ball hit defender Kim Gun-hee's foot and had a chance to shoot. Song Min-gyu shook the net with a calm shot over the goalkeeper who narrowed the angle. Song Min-gyu, who wore a Seoul uniform at Jeonbuk Hyundai this season, enjoyed scoring his debut goal from the opening game.

Seoul then widened the gap by scoring an additional goal with Cho Young-wook's fantastic goal. In the 16th minute of the second half, Cho Young-wook trapped Andersson's pass with his chest and immediately connected with a shot to break the net.

Incheon, which had a numerical advantage in the 34th minute of the second half due to Babets' accumulated warning Red Card, continued to drive until the end of the game, but failed to score an equalizer in the end.

After the game, head coach Kim Ki-dong said, "It's been three years since I came to Seoul, and I've lost all of them, but I didn't seem to have a lot of luck in the first game," adding, "When I was in Pohang, I won all of them, but fortunately, I'm glad I won."

I praised the players for their advanced coping skills. Head coach Kim Ki-dong said, "We didn't get down the line even though we were one short in number. "I gave my opponent a distance to shoot right away when the number fell, but I don't think I gave the opponent a perfect chance to keep pressing without lowering the line even though I was at a disadvantage in numbers today."

Regarding Andersson's change in position, which was the core of the tactic on the day, he said, "In fact, Andersson put it inside last time, but today he took it out to the side for the first time." However, he showed a lot of frustration because he was on the inside, so today, he decided that bullying the opponent a little more on the side could create more opportunities for us, so he took it out on the side. We showed quite good performance," he said, expressing satisfaction.

He also delivered a special order for Andersson. He said, "I actually had a meeting with Andersson. You didn't come up a lot, so you have to live to live for us. And you're number ten, aren't you. I said, "No. 10 has to show the right level for No. 10, but I think I played the best game today."

As for Andersson's optimal position in the future, he said, "I hope he will play in the 10th position because he has a good ability to use space when he drags out the opponent," but added, "I hope he will place a player like Crack on the side and be in the 10th position when he has some combination. Still, I think we should look forward to creating space by gathering many players in one place at No. 10."

Finally, he said, "Like Ross and Park Sung-hoon, we are now giving them the role of securing 100% of the field of view to distribute the ball a little more safely when we work on the attack from behind," adding, "Maybe if Yazan gets better and enters the team, it will be a competitive structure in a way, and I think the team will go in a better direction through that."

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