"Breaking Up After 9 Games," K League 1 Manager's Replacement Clock Goes Back
"Breaking Up After 9 Games," K League 1 Manager's Replacement Clock Goes Back
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The manager's replacement clock has begun to return to the K League 1 stage, where the survival competition is taking place.
Daegu FC announced on the 13th that head coach Park Chang-hyun will put down the baton after losing 0-1 to Ulsan HD in the eighth round of Hana Bank's K League 1 2025 at Daegu iM Bank Park.
Daegu said it held a meeting with coach Park after the match against Ulsan and decided to resign by mutual agreement, adding, "We comprehensively considered the recent poor performance and the need to restore the team's atmosphere."
It was known that Daegu and Park are in jeopardy in the soccer community. Daegu stayed in the top division league after the promotion and playoffs last season, and made changes. It switched to back four instead of the long-based back three games. When it had two consecutive wins and no loss (two wins and one draw) since the season's opening, it seemed that the change was on target.
Daegu, which had been in the lead with gusts at the beginning of the season, gradually collapsed in a lethargy. Starting with the loss at the fourth round of the match against the Daejeon Hana Citizen on April 8, the team lost five consecutive games. On top of that, it also lost at the match against Ulsan, where Park's future was at stake, facing a tragedy of six consecutive losses.
After the game, Daegu fans urged coach Park to resign, and he hinted at a breakup by saying, "Thank you so much." Coach Park also said at an official press conference, "I lost six times, so what kind of shame would I have?" and eventually, the breakup was announced.
Daegu (seven points with nine points) at the top of the standings has already plummeted to 11th place with two wins, one draw and six losses. The team played one more game than the teams ranking 7th and 12th in the Final B, but failed to gain the upper hand. The team has the same points as Suwon FC (seven points with six points), which is the lowest ranking, but is one step ahead in multiple points.
In the K League 1, the 12th-ranked team will be automatically demoted to the second division. The 10th and 11th-ranked teams will decide whether to remain in the first division through the K League 2 PO winner and the K League 2 second-ranked team, respectively. The club has also started making a choice to survive amid a brutal 25 percent chance that up to three of the 12 teams will be demoted.
If Daegu was the first team that pulled out the sword this year, it would have been Jeonbuk Hyundai last season 메이저사이트. Jeonbuk ended its journey with Dan Petrescu as it was at the bottom of the league's five consecutive winless matches (three draws and two losses) on April 6 last year. About two weeks later on April 19, Daegu coach Choi Won-kwon resigned due to poor performance. He replaced manager Park, but he will leave again after about a year. Daejeon and Lee Min-seong broke up again on May 21.
After all, if one team chooses to replace the head coach first amid a fierce competition for survival, the other team also makes the decision in turn. Demoted teams send faith in the current system, but if they miss the timing, they will have no choice but to panic and fall out of control, which will inevitably complicate their minds.
An official from the soccer community said, "There are only two points difference between the lowest Suwon FC and the ninth-ranked FC Anyang, which has the right to survive. Although there are only five points difference with the sixth-ranked Jeonbuk, Daegu's recent performance has not been very good," adding, "We cannot just wait for survival. Daegu has set a winning goal first, so the lower-ranked teams around them will also fiddle with the replacement cards in their arms."
Meanwhile, Seo Dong-won, the head coach, will temporarily take charge of Daegu after breaking up with Park. "We will speed up the appointment of a new coach so that we can reorganize our team under new leadership," Daegu said.