I like the grass in Thailand more than in Seoul
Captain Ki Sung-yueng 35, Seoul has a point.
FC Seoul won a landslide 5-1 victory over Gimcheon Sangmu in the fifth round of the Hana One Q K League 1 2024 at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. Seoul, which has two wins, two draws and one loss since the opening of the season and eight points, ranked fourth in the league.
The victory was all the more significant because it came at a time when high-profile player Jesse Lingard was excluded from the list for two consecutive games. Lingard is known to have knee problems. Seoul presented its home fans with a victory with Ilyushchenko, Shin Sang-hyeop, Palosevic, Cho Young-wook, Ryu Jae-moon, Ki Sung-yong, Kang Sang-woo, Kim Joo-sung, Kwon Wan-kyu, Choi Joon-won.
After the match, Ki's remarks made headlines even more. Ki said, I like the grass more in Thailand than in Seoul. The national soccer team played a better game in Thailand. Seoul spectators want to see better pass play, but we need to manage the soccer field, pointing to the conditions of the grass at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.
The Seoul club is paying a lot of attention to grass management. Nevertheless, there are places where some grasses are dug and irregular boundaries come out in the process of moving from winter to spring. Ki Sung-yueng pointed out that this interferes with his performance.
In fact, OSEN covered the national soccer team's match at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai Football Association spent a large amount of money to replace the grass at Rajamangala Stadium in a bid to secure the match against Korea.
It is not just grass that has been newly laid. Heavy equipment was used to remove all the land on the existing ground, and the foundation and drainage work was done anew. Afterwards, the company laid new grass and mowed it neatly. The line has also been reorganized. As a result, the team has transformed into a level where there are no rugs in the grass. As a result, Korea defeated Thailand 3-0.
When Tottenham visited Bangkok as an Asian tour in July last year, the game was canceled due to heavy rain. Thai fans who invested a lot of money to see Son turned away angrily. We set a goal of making a stadium where Son could come again and completely replaced the grass, said an official from the Thai Football Association. 스포츠토토
Although it suffered a crushing defeat, the Thai Football Association was satisfied, saying it was able to play a high-quality game against Korea. The Seoul World Cup Stadium is a historic place where the semifinals of the Korea-Japan World Cup were held. Nevertheless, various concerts are held in the summer, and grass is often damaged. It is time for Sangam to take care of its status as a sacred place for Korean soccer.