[Official] Bucheon Gallego, which destroyed Jeonbuk, was selected as MVP in the opening round of K League 1

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professional soccer K League 1 Bucheon FC Gallego was selected as the MVP of the first round of the "Hana Bank K League 1 2026."

Gallego scored two goals and one assist in an away game against Jeonbuk Hyundai at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on the 1st, leading the team to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory. Gallego scored a chasing goal in the 26th minute of the first half, helped Montagno to equalize in the 38th minute of the second half, and calmly scored a penalty in the second half to lead Bucheon's first K League 1 game to victory.

The best match in the first round of the K League 1 was also selected between Jeonbuk and Bucheon. Defending champion Jeonbuk took the lead with Lee Dong-joon's consecutive goals in the 13th minute of the first half and the 9th minute of the second half. However, Bucheon counterattacked with Gallego's score in the 26th minute of the first half, and Montagno's equalizer in the 38th minute of the second half brought the game to square one. Later, Gallego scored a penalty kick obtained by Ahn Tae-hyun in the second half of extra time, and the game ended with Bucheon's 3-2 come-from-behind victory.

Bucheon made a strong impression with a come-from-behind victory over strong team Jeonbuk in its first K League 1 game since promotion. With the victory, Bucheon was also selected as the best team in the first round of the K League 1.

Suwon FC Frizo won the MVP of the first round of the K League 2.

Frizo scored two goals and one assist in the match against Chungcheongbuk-do Cheongju at Cheongju Stadium on the 1st, leading his team to a 4-1 victory. Suwon FC scored the first goal in the fourth minute of the first half to Garcia, the owner of Chungcheongbuk-do, but Frizo connected a sensational pass to Jungwoo Ha in the 11th minute of the first half to open the attack. After Willian's additional goal in the 20th minute of the second half, Frizo scored back-to-back goals in the 30th and 40th minutes of the second half to seal the match.

The best match in the first round of the K League 2 was selected between Gimhae FC and Ansan Greeners at Gimhae Stadium on the 28th of last month.

Gimhae, who newly joined the K League 2 this season, gained momentum by leading with Jun's first goal in the 42nd minute of the first half. However, Ansan scored a come-from-behind goal a minute later following Obradovich's equalizer in the 23rd minute of the second half, and Jung Hyun-woo scored consecutive goals in the 43rd minute of the second half and extra time, ending the game with Ansan's 4-1 come-from-behind victory.

Ansan was also selected as the best team in the first round of the K-League 2, showing explosive offense that drove in four goals in the second half alone.

The best 11 and MVP of the K League round will be selected through quantitative and qualitative evaluation by the Technical Research Group (TSG) under the Korean Professional Football Federation's Technical Committee. TSG members assigned to K-League games in each round will select the best 11 and MOM (Man Of the Match), respectively.

After that, a TSG match evaluation meeting will be held to finalize the K League 1 and 2 Best 11 of the round by combining TSG member ratings and opinions and K-League official additional data company "Vipro" ratings for players selected as the best 11 for each game. The round MVP selects the MOM of each game as a candidate group and then selects it in the same way as the best 11.

MVP: Gallego (Bucheon)

Best Team: Bucheon

Best Match: Jeonbuk (2) vs (3) Bucheon

Best 11

FW: Gallego (Bucheon), Yago (Ulsan), Montagno (Bucheon)

MF: Song Min-gyu (Seoul), Boyanich (Ulsan), Cho Young-wook (Seoul), Lee Dong-joon (Jeonbuk)

DF: Cho Hyun-taek (Ulsan), Baek Dong-gyu (Bucheon), Choi Seok-hyun (Ulsan)

GK: Kim Jung Hoon (Anyang)

MVP: Frizo (Suwon FC)

Best Team: Ansan

Best Match: Gimhae(1) vs (4) Ansan

Best 11

FW: Malone (Ansan), Frizo (Suwon FC), Gabriel (Yongin)

MF: Park Hyun-bin (Suwon), Chung Hyeon-woo (Ansan), Son Joon-ho (Asan, South Chungcheong Province), Valdivia (Jeonnam)

DF: Kim Joo-sung (Chungnam Asan), Hartszel (Ansan), Lee Si-young (Suwon FC)

GK: Kim Jun Hong (Suwon)

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