Coach Cha Du-ri, who is in his second year as a professional, rejects the new team's historical "first victory." "I fully understand my feelings, but..." [the scene of Mars]

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The opponent is rather in an urgent situation. Hwaseong FC, in its second year as a professional, is aiming for its second win this year against a new team that has failed to report its first win in three games.

Hwaseong and Yongin FC will face off in the fourth round of Hana Bank's K League 2022 2026 at Hwaseong General Gyeonggi Town Main Stadium on the afternoon of the 22nd.

This year, Hwaseong lost 0-1 to Daegu FC in the opening game, but succeeded in turning the mood by defeating Gimhae FC 2008 2-0 in the second round. In the third round, the match against Cheonan City drew 2-2.

Cha Du-ri, who took the helm of Hwaseong, which took its first step in the K League 2 last year, showed promise by ranking 10th with 9 wins, 13 draws and 17 losses in 39 games in his first year as a professional player. Coach Cha Du-ri also proved his potential by making a soft landing as the first professional head coach.

Opponent Yongin has not won in three games since the opening. They lost two consecutive games after drawing 2-2 with Cheonan in the opening game.

In response, coach Cha Du-ri said in an interview before the game, "Yong-in is only a new team with a pattern, but a very experienced team," adding, "There are outstanding players such as Seok Hyun-jun, Shin Jin-ho, Lim Chae-min, Kim Min-woo and Lee Seung-jun." I made the players aware not to take it lightly," he said.

Hwaseong, a new team last year, has a pleasant memory of reporting its first professional win in the fourth round of the 2025 season against Cheongju FC (2-1 win). On Yongin's situation where there is no victory yet, coach Cha Du-ri said, "I fully understand that it is to relieve the burden on the team and the coach to win one game quickly," but added, "But I think Yongin's first win should be postponed to the next time."

Hwaseong in this game made a difference in the lineup. Ham Sun-woo and Jung Yong-hee took the opportunity to start. Coach Cha Du-ri said, "Ham Sun-woo has a good training attitude and has advantages in height. Jung Yong-hee also carried out winter training steadily and explained, "It is a resource to target the opponent with fast speed and sharp crosses."

In addition, regarding the set piece defense, which was a chronic problem, he said, "I lost points last year due to a lot of runs, so I'm paying attention to it by spending time meeting and training from winter training. We will respond efficiently by mixing regional defense and sweatshirts," he said.

On this day, Hwaseong placed Petrov and Plana in front and formed a midfield with Kim Tae-hwan, Demetrius, Lee Jong-sung and Kim Dae-hwan. Park Joon-seo, Boinovic, Ham Sun-woo and Jung Yong-hee will work together on the four-back, while Kim Seung-gun will protect the goal.

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