Lee Dong-guk FC will represent Korea in Munich, Germany...2025 Gatorade 5v5 Korea Championship Wins
Lee Dong-guk FC will represent Korea in Munich, Germany...2025 Gatorade 5v5 Korea Championship Wins
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Lee Dong-gook FC, which head coach Lee Dong-gook himself composed of players, won the "2025 Gatorade 5v5 Korea" championship at HM Futsal Park Siheung on the 5th.
The competition, which has been held since 2022, is the nation's top youth futsal competition hosted by sports marketing company HNS and participated by Gatorade as partners. The championship has been contested by 36 teams selected from three regional qualifiers, Siheung, Seoul and Pyeongtaek, over the past month. Lee Dong-guk FC, the winner of the Pyeongtaek regional qualifying round, also won the championship and qualified to participate in the "2025 GATORADE 5v5 GLOBAL FINALS" in Munich, Germany, in the first half of this year.
Lee Dong-gook FC reached the round of 16 tournaments by winning all five matches in the group league. Lee then advanced to the final by winning 8-0 against Han Gol-Mander in the round of 16, 3-1 against Nachos FC in the quarterfinals, and 9-1 against FC Whaling in the semifinals. In the final that followed, Lee continued to win the game 3-1, maintaining his lead throughout the entire match. He also set a new record of 34 goals and two runs scored in nine matches at this year's event.
The winning team, Lee Dong-gook FC, is a project team created by coach Lee Dong-gook himself with the goal of winning the championship and participating in the global competition. All of the players are students and athletes.
Coach Lee Dong-gook said, "I made my seniors who participated in this competition alert by telling me that they had lost in the round of 16 last year. I asked them not to lose concentration until the end, which led to the victory."
"Football and futsal are similar but different. There are about 50 days left until the global competition, and we plan to train our players in tactics and patterns whenever we have time. We will make the opposing team think that we have a strong team," Lee said.
The MVP and Han Seung-min belong to Youngsaeng High School, the Jeonbuk Hyundai U18 team. "As it was a championship, the participating team was much higher than the regional preliminaries. However, I teamed up with my teammates at the Pyeongtaek event last week, and the players got closer and got closer together. Consequently, our team's performance has improved compared to last week," Han said, explaining why he won the title. 메이저사이트
Han Seung-min said, "My role model is Park Jin-seop, the current captain of Jeonbuk Hyundai. My dream is to grow up well and become a dedicated player like Park Jin-seop. I will come back from a good experience at the Gatorade Global Competition and become a player who contributes to Korean soccer," he said.
Meanwhile, Lee Dong-guk FC will participate in the "2025 GATORADE 5v5 GLOBAL FINALS" as the winner of the Korean Grand Prix at the end of May. The global competition will be held in Munich, Germany, and the winning team will be provided with an in-person opportunity to play in the UEFA Champions League final.