Monday, January 14, 2019

Midweek Preview Jan 15 and Weekend Recap Jan 11

I'm a bit behind in some watching that I thought I'd do... but might as well post for the cup ahead for Spanish kids. We'll see how they proceed in the remaining days of the winter window. Sadly, we're down to kids and French duo and whatever JWY is doing with Bayern.


Tuesday

Lee Kang In -- Valencia host Sporting Gijon at 3:30 PM on BeIn -- I think LKI should start after only coming on for final minutes on the weekend. Glad he made is La Liga debut but still a bit of a uphill it seems for manager to risk playing youth while his own job is on the line.


Wednesday


Paik Seung Ho -- Girona go to Atletico Madrid at 1:30 PM on BeIn -- I'm less certain if PSH will start this one given that there's a chance to knock off the giant but he didn't play this weekend for the B team so a decent chance of getting another chance to impress.


Suk Hyun Jun -- Out injured.


Kwon Chang Hoon -- I tried to watch at times but the stream was pretty awful and frankly, there wasn't much to see as Dijon was defending most of the time. It seems he had a decent chance in the second half which I didn't see but good to see KCH playing quite a few minutes and hopefully impacts matches more as he gets fit.


Son Heung Min -- Started and had some good passes to start but Tottenham really paid the price for Poch's lack of rotation as everything was off just a hair. All that attacking didn't result in anything making a very good de Gea look invincible. Son had a hard time attacking the goal by himself though and was a bit of a disappointing final match especially as Kane twisted an ankle leaving Tottenham potentially striker-less.


Jeong Woo Yeong -- Played the "finals" of preseason friendly "cup". It was two 45 minute matches and JWY got to play about 30 minutes. He looked lively in his time, with a lot of action driving through him and showing good pace and touch. But his decision-making wasn't great in the box and certainly a lack of chemistry with the mega-stars of Bayern.