Seoul crushed Anyang 7-0 at Anyang Stadium on Saturday in K-League 1's twenty-fourth round, a result that felt inevitable given where both sides sit in the table. The visitors had already established themselves at the summit with forty-two points from nineteen matches, while Anyang languished in sixth with twenty-seven. And here's the thing — you could sense from the first whistle that this wouldn't be a contest so much as a procession.
Seoul struck twice within the first thirteen minutes, Moon Seon-min opening the scoring before Hrvoje Babec doubled the lead. By then, Anyang's shape was already unraveling, and Seung-Won Jeong collected a yellow card for a reckless challenge. The hosts managed just one shot on target the entire match, compared to Seoul's eleven — a disparity that tells its own story without needing elaboration.
I remember the twentieth minute distinctly, watching from the stands where I've been coming for fifteen years. Anyang's midfield had collapsed into itself, their players turning to face their own goal rather than pressing forward. Seoul were working the channels with surgical precision, and it became clear within moments that this match was effectively over. Three goals followed in the closing stages of the half before the break.
Moon Seon-min completed his brace at the thirty-first minute, then Patryk Klimala and Anderson Oliveira added further insults before anyang made their first change at half-time. Jung-hyun Kim came on for Branislav Knežević, though it made little difference to a game already decided. Seung-Won Jeong and Lee Seung-mo continued the scoring in the second half, and Anyang responded with three substitutions in quick succession at the sixty-minute mark.
The statistics confirm what anyone watching would have known — Seoul dominated possession at sixty-three per cent while registering sixty-one per cent shot accuracy. Anyang's goalkeeper made four saves from eleven shots on target, a ratio that speaks to the quality of chances created. Two yellow cards for Anyang in stoppage time suggested frustration had set in, with Kim Jin-su and Jin-yong Lee both booked in the final minutes.
Seoul's victory extends their position at the top of the table, while Anyang's recent form continues to worry. They had beaten Cheju United 2-1 just three days prior, but that result now looks like an anomaly rather than a trend. One mistake ends it, and Anyang made them all in succession — a seven-goal defeat that will require serious examination before their next fixture.