Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Midweek Preview May 26 and Weekend Recap May 23

Short turnaround so catching up on what I missed as I write this... so a bit of a scramble to get this out ahead of kickoffs.  Short weeks do make forecasting lineups a bit tricky.



DayTimePlayerClubOpponentTV
Tuesday12:30 PMPaik Seung HoDarmstadtAueFox Match Pass
Tuesday2:30 PMKwon Chang HoonFreiburg@FrankfurtFox Match Pass
Wednesday12:30 PMLee Jae SungHolstein Kiel@BochumFox Match Pass
Wednesday12:30 PMSeo Young JaeHolstein Kiel@BochumFox Match Pass
Wednesday2:30 PMJi Dong WonMainz@Union BerlinFox Match Pass
On HoldKi Sung YuengMallorca
On HoldSon Heung MinTottenham
On HoldLee Kang InValencia
Season CancelledHwang Ui JoBordeaux
Season CancelledYun Il LokMontpellier



Paik Seung Ho-- Came on as a sub and in an even more advanced role, often lining up as a second striker. Although the goals started to really pour when he came on, he didn't really have a large impact. A couple nice balls but didn't have to do much in an easy win. We will see with short turnaround if he gets another go or if he stays on the bench.


Kwon Chang Hoon-- Took forever to come on given scoreline and mediocre team showing, but when he did come on around 70', he provided a much needed spark and aggressiveness. He didn't always make the right decisions as he looked a bit overeager to score. But he did bring one of the best chances for Freiburg with a shot that just missed the post and was one of few to have that needed initiative. With short week, a decent chance for KCH to start but he's been marginalized so far so not banking on it.


Lee Jae Sung-- I've seen about a half of the match but didn't pay the best of attention of what I did watch. LJS played as a CAM this week, and started off pretty rough with some errant passes and decision ruining good chances. He grew into the match and was a willing worker with good defensive work and provided some stability to Kiel's inconsistent possession. Eventually subbed off in final minutes to kill time. Should start.


Seo Young Jae-- An unused sub and with increased fitness of starting XI, will have to be patient for minutes. Likely on the bench.


Ji Dong Won-- An unused sub but Mainz were out of it early so hard to gauge. Likely a bigger role but not for certain how things will change given much different caliber of opponent so assuming bench to start.