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New team Yongin FC is realizing the high wall of its first win on the K League 2 stage. In particular, Novo (34, Portugal), who had high expectations as a foreign goalkeeper who appeared for the first time in 28 years in the history of the K-League, continues to be unstable, allowing a run in every game.
Yongin lost 1-3 at home against Gimpo FC in the third round of Hana Bank's K League 2022 at Yongin Mir Stadium on the afternoon of the 14th. As a result, Yongin had to postpone its historic first win report to the next opportunity, with one draw and two losses in three games since the opening.
The most painful part is the performance of gatekeeper Novo. Since the Korea Professional Football Federation abolished the regulation on the recruitment of foreign goalkeepers, which has been maintained since 1999, this year, Yongin had high expectations by recruiting Novo as the No. 1 foreign goalkeeper. This is because Novo, who has 192cm of physical condition and European stage experience, wanted to recreate the overwhelming force shown by the Son of God (Sarichev) in the past.
However, Novo has given up around three points in each game until Suwon FC (1-3 loss) in the second round and Gimpo FC (1-3 loss) in the third round, following a fatal catching miss in the first round against Cheonan City (2-2 draw). He has already scored eight goals in three games.
In the match against Gimpo, Novo's sense of stability was difficult to give him a passing point. Dijuma's shot in the 29th minute of the first half and Dongjin Park's header in the 33rd minute of the first half were dragged away with a score. Yongin saved the chase with Lee Seung-joon's comeback goal just before the end of the first half, but Choi Young-joon's accumulated warning Red Card in the 22nd minute of the second half drove them into numerical inferiority.
The decisive hit was the third run in the 26th minute of the second half. Novo's poked the ball between the opposing strikers headed near the half-line, but the return pass was short, making it easy for Gimpo to give the ball away. It completely collapsed by dedicating an additional goal to Luan, who intercepted it. It was a scene that revealed that the chemistry between Novo and Yongin's defense was still incomplete.
If you open the record, Novo's contrast is even more pronounced. As a former midfielder, he is at the top of the K League 2 in terms of build-up ability. He ranks first in the K League 2 goalkeeper category with 106 pass attempts and 84.9% pass success rate this season. In other words, the club's footfall, which it picked as an advantage at the time of recruitment, has clearly proved.
The problem is the goalkeeper's ability to defend himself. In the match against Gimpo, three out of six effective shots were scored, and in the match against Suwon FC, three out of five effective shots were allowed. Currently, Novo's defense rate is only 55.6%, and the two failed attempts to handle the ball in the air are the only disgrace among K League 2 goalkeepers. To be honest, it is hard to avoid a below-expectation assessment.
Novo's current appearance, which guaranteed stable defense and defense coordination, is far from the overwhelming force shown by God's hands to be cool.
Veteran goalkeeper Hwang Sung-min, who has played 143 K-League games, is on the bench in Yongin. If Novo fails to erase the question mark from his good defense while focusing only on his build-up ability, the competition for the new team Yongin's gatekeeper is likely to fluctuate faster than expected.
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