First hat-trick Hwang Ui-jo, good news for the national team ahead of the 7th and 8th games of the World Cup final qualifier
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dongchan Kim = Hwang Ui-jo (30), who plays an active part in French professional football, achieved his first hat-trick after advancing to France, bringing good news to the national soccer team ahead of the World Cup qualifiers.
Hwang’s team, Bordeaux, defeated Strasbourg 4-3 in the 22nd round of French professional football league 1 held in Bordeaux, France on the 24th (Korean time).
Hwang Ui-jo, who was responsible for three of the four goals alone, enjoyed the joy of a hat-trick for the first time since entering the French league in the 2019-2020 season.
He also scored 27 goals in 77 league matches, setting the record for the most goals scored by an Asian player in French Ligue 1 history.
The previous record was 25 goals scored by Park Joo-young (37, Ulsan), who played for AS Monaco, in 91 matches.
Hwang Ui-jo scored his sixth goal of the season in the 18th round match against Troyes on December 13 last year, and there was no news for over a month.
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His team, Bordeaux, suffered three straight losses in the three matches held earlier this year, but on that day, Hwang Ui-Jo scored three goals alone and broke the team’s scoreless and losing streak chain.
Thanks to Hwang’s performance, Bordeaux recorded 4 wins, 8 draws, 10 losses, and 20 points, moving up to 17th out of 20 clubs.
French newspaper Réquiffe evaluated, “Hwang Ui-jo’s performance has allowed Bordeaux to stick their heads out of the relegation zone.”
Hwang Ui-jo, who achieved the best performance by scoring a hat-trick, now joins the national team led by coach Paulo Bento.
The national team has a match against Lebanon on the 27th and Syria on the 1st of February. This is an important match that can confirm their qualification for this year’s Qatar World Cup finals in this two consecutive matches in the Middle East.
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham) and Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolverhampton), the key players in the national team attack, could not play in this match due to injuries side by side. enough to do
In addition, in the evaluation match against Iceland and Moldova in Antalya, Turkey, the national team mainly played 5-1 and 4-0 wins, so their scoring ability is in full swing.
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As an individual Hwang Ui-jo, beyond the 12 goals he scored in League 1 last season, he also looked at the record for the most goals in a French league season.
With 16 more league matches remaining until round 38, if the trend of scoring 9 goals in 17 matches continues, 15 goals or more is possible.
Hwang Ui-jo was tied for 20th in this season’s top scorer rankings with 6 goals before the match, but quickly scored 9 goals and moved up to tied 8th in the scoring rankings. 1st place is Bisam Ben Yeder (AS Monaco) with 13 goals.
Hwang Ui-jo will join the national team in training in Turkey on the 24th and will move to Lebanon on the 25th.
The next match for Bordeaux is on February 6th against the Star de Reims.
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