"Return to Yonsei University" Seoul VS "Before Yonsei University" Anyang opens its first historical face-off in front of 40,000 spectators
"Return to Yonsei University" Seoul VS "Before Yonsei University" Anyang opens its first historical face-off in front of 40,000 spectators
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The historic meeting between FC Seoul and FC Anyang at 4:30 p.m. on the 22nd at Seoul World Cup Stadium "steamed" the first "jackpot crowd" of the season. It is a warm atmosphere reminiscent of an A match in the stands, which is likely to heat up the first face-off between the two teams. On the 19th, the advance reservation for the second round of Hana Bank K League 1 2025 between the two teams exceeded 30,000 people. The Seoul club expects more than 40,000 cloud spectators to gather if the current trend continues. The reservation rate is lower compared to the match against Incheon, the home opening of Seoul in the last 2024 season, where 51,670 spectators visited, with various expectations of the appointment of head coach Kim Ki-dong and Jesse Lingard's debut match from Manchester United. However, there is a possibility that it will easily exceed 40,000 people depending on environmental variables such as the weather on the day of the game as home fans' expectations for the team that has strengthened its power by reinforcing its players and Anyang fans who have been looking forward to the day continue their active reservation march. The most spectators of the K League 1 opener held on the 15th and 16th were the match between Jeonbuk and Gimcheon (19,619 people) held at Jeonju World Cup Stadium.
Seoul and Anyang have already been engaged in a war of nerves outside the stadium on the media day for the opening of the K League 1 on Tuesday. Coach Yoo Byung-hoon of the promoted team Anyang provoked it first. "I know better than anyone that we have to play a cool-headed game," he said about the showdown with Seoul, before adding, "On February 2, 2004, Anyang LG moved to Seoul, causing pain and anger among citizens and fans. On February 2, 2013, he participated in the K League 2. He joined the league after 11 years of promotion in 2024. Rather than a resolution, I want to prove that my time was not in vain." In response, he said, "I hope that coach Kim Ki-dong would say, 'I will come back to the club (not before the club). This is not a matter for coaches to discuss. I think the first thing to do is to organize in the K League." Coach Kim also said in an interview before the Media Day, "I played in the K League in the 1990s. The team went through the process of moving the team from Anyang to Seoul. However, it is a little different from what I know (about the issue of the club). There are many things to criticize. It should be sorted out. In that way, Pohang was based in Daegu and Ulsan was based in Gangwon Province," he said, expressing his position that it is not a "transfer to Yeongoji," which Anyang claims, but a "return."
The two teams are intertwined with each other. The Seoul team was established in 1983 based in Chungcheong Province. With the implementation of the urban regional association system in 1990, the team relocated to Seoul (Dongdaemun Stadium) and changed its name to LG Cheetas. In 1996, six years later, the team relocated to Anyang and changed its name to Anyang LG Cheetas in line with the Seoul-based hollowing-out policy. In 2004, the Seoul metropolitan government hosted the establishment of a Seoul-based team, and returned to Seoul, where it was based. Seoul stresses that Seoul is not a "relocation of the old club," but a "return of the old club." On the other hand, Anyang, which has left its regional professional team for Seoul, has re-established itself as a team of citizens. Seoul and Anyang have met each other through the Korea Cup (formerly the FA Cup), but it is the first time that the team will face off in the K-League. This is possible because Anyang has been directly promoted to the K-League 2 title in the 2024 season. "We called the match against Suwon Samsung a 'support derby,' but we thought about how to call the match against Seoul. After much consideration, I thought to myself '36 derby.' "This is because we were the team that raced around in 36 ranks," Anyang Mayor Choi Dae-ho said at an event venue in December last year. The Seoul team is continuing to respond to the Anyang team's continued provocations. 메이저놀이터
The two teams accepted different results at the opening game. Seoul lost 0-2 in away matches in Jeju, while Anyang won 1-0 in its K League 1 debut match against defending champion Ulsan. Who will laugh at the first showdown between Seoul and Anyang that will take place in Sangam.