Thursday, September 23, 2021

Weekend Preview Sept 25 and Midweek Recap Sept 22

Only watched some of the midweek fixtures with work. Some were dull enough that I'm not going to backfill...


DayTimePlayerClubOpponentTV
Saturday7:30 AMChoi Kyoung RokKarlsruherSt PauliNone
Saturday9:30 AMLee Jae SungMainz@LeverkusenESPN+
Sunday7:00 AMHwang Ui JoBordeauxRennesBeIN Xtra
Sunday7:30 AMPark Kyu HyunWerder Bremen@Dynamo DresdenNone
Sunday8:00 AMLee Kang InMallorca@OsasunaESPN+
Sunday9:00 AMSuk Hyun JunTroyesAngersBeIN La Liga
Sunday9:00 AMHwang Hee ChanWolverhampton@SouthamptonNBCSN
Sunday11:30 AMJeong Woo YeongFreiburgAugsburgESPN+
Sunday11:30 AMSon Heung MinTottenham@ArsenalNBCSN



Choi Kyoung Rok-- CKR should start and hopefully keeps his mini streak going.


Lee Jae Sung-- Hopefully gets off the bench this weekend and figures out a role.


Hwang Ui Jo-- Of course, Hwang goes on a tear when I had given up on bothering to get BeIN for the year with another goal midweek. This one was a beautiful rocket from a fair distance away as the opposing defensive line sagged too much. Unfortunately, in the highlights I've seen, HUJ had a few negatives, missing a great though not a tap in chance which Montpellier scored on the counter from and not covering his mark tight enough who ended up scoring from a corner. While reports had his performance as a positive in aggregate, Bordeaux also should be signing another CF. We'll see how that plays out but no changes are expected by Sunday where Hwang should start.


Park Kyu Hyun-- I don't expect anything.


Lee Kang In-- Lee Kang In had his first start with Mallorca and really took his chance, scoring a great goal when he took the ball off the kickoff, dribbled through Real Madrid's defense and shot it past the GK. Unfortunately, Mallorca's defense picked a bad opponent to have a bad day and LKI's good day was really in isolation. Outside his goal, LKI continued to show world class touch and some brilliant passing, but his work rate was poor and he took a few too many risks with some passes. He also played both at 10 and RW, though the latter was relatively brief, covering Kubo's withdrawal at HT due to injury and the subbing on of a right winger later in the match. Given Kubo's injury, LKI has a strong chance to start this weekend, hopefully in a more winnable match.


Suk Hyun Jun-- As mentioned, I'm assuming not in squad due to recovery or selection until he makes it.


Hwang Hee Chan-- Kind of a mixed bag for Hwang who showed a fair amount of effort but didn't influence the match as one would expect. He did have a hand in one of the goals as he pressed opposition into a turnover that the Wolves took advantage of. On the other hand, Hwang missed a few good to great chances and seemed to come in and out of the match, though the latter was partially due to Wolves' varying control of the midfield. Probably not a strong enough performance to earn a start but still in the mix for fair number of minutes.


Jeong Woo Yeong-- A more offensive mindset may be needed for Freiburg so maybe leaning towards a start but not sure.


Son Heung Min-- Son was forced to come on at the hour mark and suffer through ET as Tottenham limped their way to progress. The extra time was not ideal prep for the NLD where Son is sure to start. As for his showing, I wasn't paying super close attention, but he brought some danger right away with a great cross that Kane would score 9/10 times and caused Wolves to adjust their defense to try to clamp down on his threat.