Asan Mugunghwa and Ansan Greeners Share the Points in K-League 2
Asan Mugunghwa went up against Ansan Greeners in the twenty-first round of K-League 2 on Friday evening and the match ended 1-1. Ansan took the lead through an own goal by Yeon Jei-Min in the twenty-first minute, and M. Chol rescues a point for Asan with a goal in the seventy-ninth minute. To be fair, the visitors did not look like they were going to get anything from this, but then they found a way back into it.
The visitors took the lead when Yeon Jei-Min bundled the ball into his own net in the twenty-first minute, and that was the moment the game changed. Asan pressed for an equaliser and found one through M. Chol in the seventy-ninth minute, though by then the momentum had shifted. Han Kyo-Won picked up a yellow card in the tenth minute for Asan, and Park Seong-Woo went off in the forty-sixth minute after receiving a booking in the forty-fifth minute plus two.
Asan dominated possession with 56 per cent compared to 44 for the visitors, but the statistics tell only part of the story. The hosts registered 103 attacks with five shots on target, while Ansan managed 93 attacks with five shots on target at better accuracy. And here's the thing — Asan had 103 attacks with only one goal, while Ansan kept their shot accuracy higher at 50 per cent.
There were seven substitutions in total, with Asan making six changes and Ansan bringing on Jeong Woo-Jae in the eighty-seventh minute. Gabriel Lima came on for Asan in the seventy-first minute, and Cho Ji-Hun followed in the seventy-fifth. M. Chol was substituted in the eighty-fourth minute after scoring, and Kim Young-Nam came off in the sixty-eighth minute for the visitors.
The result leaves Asan seventh in the table with 31 points from 23 games — eight wins, seven draws, eight defeats. Ansan sit fifteenth with 22 points from 24 matches, six wins, four draws, fourteen losses. The hosts had gone unbeaten in two before this, winning against Songnam and Hyeon Seong Citizen, while the visitors had mixed recent results including that heavy 5-0 defeat to Kyongnam.
Match summary: Asan Mugunghwa 1-1 Ansan Greeners. Goals: Yeon Jei-Min (21' og), M. Chol (79'). Yellow cards: Han Kyo-Won (10'), Park Seong-Woo (45+2'), Vitinho Lopes (69').