How did you feel about winning the K-League 1st and Korea Cup... "Failed to win for the first time." Jeonbuk, winless in 3 games

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Defending champion Jeonbuk Hyundai failed to sound the winning goal again. It has been winless for three consecutive games since the opening of the season.

Jeonbuk drew 0-0 against Gwangju FC in the third round of Hana Bank's K League 1 2026 away game at Gwangju World Cup Stadium on the 14th.

As a result, Jeonbuk has two draws, one loss and two points until this day, following the loss against Bucheon FC (1995) and the draw against Gimcheon Sangmu (1-1) in the second round, delaying the league's victory to the next.

It is the first time in two years that Jeonbuk has not won in three games since 2024, when it crashed to the promotion playoffs.

Last year, under Gus Foye, Jeonbuk achieved a double by winning the K League 1 and the Korea Cup. Jeonbuk won the Super Cup after Chung Jung-yong took office, but fell into a three-game winless quagmire after the opening of the league.

On the other hand, Gwangju, which said goodbye to Lee Jung-hyo (current Suwon Samsung) and entered the Jungkyu Lee manager system, continued its stable trend by winning three consecutive games (1 win, 2 draws and 5 points) since the opening.

The first half was Jeonbuk's flow that raised the line high. Jeonbuk peeled off Gwangju's strong forward pressure with its personal skills and fired as many as eight times, targeting the side.

But it lacked detail. In the 32nd minute of the first half, Kim Seung-seop's sharp left-footed mid-range shot from the front of the arc hit the right post and swallowed the disappointment.

After finishing the first half without scoring, both teams threw a game at the beginning of the second half. Jeonbuk put Mota in place of Thiago, while Gwangju tried to change the atmosphere by excluding Park Jung-in and Kwon Sung-yoon and adding Fried Jonsson and Ju Se-jong.

Gwangju began to take the lead in the second half with Fried Jonsson's post play, which was replaced. In the 25th minute of the second half, Moon Min-seo received a short free kick pass from Choi Kyung-rok and fired a powerful shot, but was blocked by Jeonbuk's good defense.

Jeonbuk countered by putting Lee Seung-woo instead of Kim Seung-seop in the 17th minute. In the 27th minute, Lee Seung-woo connected Kim Tae-hwan's cross with a goal header, but the ball crossed the post, and Kim Young-bin's header and mid-range shot from Kim Jin-kyu's corner also failed to cross goalkeeper Kim Kyung-min's wall.

Gwangju's goal was not opened despite Jeonbuk's last-minute offensive that lasted up to five minutes of extra time. In the end, the game ended in a draw without scoring.

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