“What has changed since you became a member of the national team?”
Midfielder Won Doo-jae, who left Ulsan Hyundai this season and chose to serve in the military, reported his first goal in eight months since joining the military. He didn’t hide the awkwardness that wasn’t a good place to score a goal.
Gimcheon won 4-0 in the 26th round of the Hana One-Q K League 2 2023 home game against Seoul E-Land FC at Gimcheon Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 15th, winning four goals behind Seongnam FC.
Won Doo-jae fired a signal of a great victory, and in the 39th minute of the first half, Kim Hyun-wook’s cross from the left side was scored with an accurate header, and Kim Cheon, Lee Joon-seok, Cho Young-wook and politicians later scored consecutive goals to end the game.
Won Doo-jae scored his first goal of the season and started scoring after joining Gimcheon. “I’m confused,” he said in an interview after the match. He focused more on winning than scoring. “I don’t think I’ve ever scored a goal once a year and set a personal goal,” he said with an awkward look on his face about scoring.
Kim Cheon is leading the way this season and is on his way to winning the championship and promoting to K-League 1. At the beginning of this season, I couldn’t adapt to the K-League 2, and I had to go through a transitional period. The same was true for Won Doo-jae, who was new to K-League 2.
“At the beginning of the season, I was embarrassed. In K League 2, the fighting spirit and motivation of the players are strong, and there are many man-to-man defenses, so it was not easy to kick the ball.”
However, the Kimcheon players quickly adapted and found stability after the appointment of coach Jung Jeong-yong. The fact that the entire team only thought about exercise in training and life played a role.
Doo-jae Won said, “It is important to take care of your body while exercising. Since I have a lot of time in the unit, I often end up doing weights. He thinks a lot about playing without injury,” he said, revealing the secret to his and his team’s success.
He was called up to the A national team in June. It is a great honor and helpful moment just by training and running with Korea’s best players such as Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan, and Lee Kang-in.
Doo-jae Won said, “The national team has the best players. Thanks to that, I feel a little more comfortable playing after returning to my team.”
He has less than a year left in his military service until he is discharged in June 2024. He also set tasks to be done for the rest of his military life. Doojae Won said, “Time seems to have passed faster than I thought. He wants to grow by taking good care of his body for a year.”
by: 배트맨토토