Incheon Red Angels and Bun Sanmu met in the WK-League's regular season on Thursday, with the visitors taking a 2:1 result back to their hotel. The final whistle confirmed a shift in momentum between sides that have traded results throughout this campaign.
Kwon Da-Eun opened the scoring in the 36th minute and Incheon might have thought they were heading to a clean sheet. And here's the thing about early leads in this league — they rarely hold without constant pressure. The hosts kept knocking on the door but Bun Sanmu's defence stayed compact.
By then the visitors had found their rhythm. Kwon Da-Eun struck again in the 53rd minute to level matters, and suddenly the game opened up. The away side can raise the tempo when they need to, and this was one of those moments. Incheon were left flat-footed as the balance tipped.
Namgung Ye-Ji put the game to bed in the 67th minute with a finish that silenced the home crowd. Bun Sanmu had played the second half a man up in spirit if not in numbers, and they took full advantage. The result ended a run that had seen Incheon struggle to find consistency away from home.
The standings tell the story more clearly than any single performance. Incheon remain seventh with 23 points from 23 games, while Bun Sanmu sit fourth with 32 points. To be fair, the gap between them is only nine points — not insurmountable in a league where the table goes out of the window in these games. The visitors have hit a wall recently with that 1-3 defeat to Suwon, but they showed character to respond here.