Gabriel scores 2 goals’ Gangwon beats Gimpo, where Lewis was sent off, to ‘remain in the 1st division’

Professional soccer K League 1 Gangwon FC defeated the challenge of K League 2 Gimpo FC and succeeded in remaining in the first division.Gangwon won 2-1 with Gabriel’s multiple goals in the second leg of the Hana One Q K-League Promotion Playoff (PO) 2023 against Gimpo held at Gangneung Stadium on the 9th.Gangwon, who drew without a goal in the first leg of the promotion/relegation PO match on the 6th, completed the great task of remaining in K-League 1 by taking a total lead of 2-1 in the first and second games.On the other hand, Gimpo, who became promotion PO after two years of entering K-League 2, collapsed due to the negative news of ‘Jupo’ Lewis’ departure and missed the opportunity to be promoted to the first division.Gangwon, who placed Lee Jeong-hyeop, Kim Dae-won, and Park Sang-hyuk at the forefront and shouted ‘forward attack’, attacked Gimpo, who had built a strong wall with 5 backs, from the beginning of the first half.

The two teams were unable to attempt a shot until the 25th minute of the first half and only struggled in the midfield, with Gangwon Lee Dae-won’s first shot coming in the 23rd minute of the first half.Gimpo was desperate to counterattack, and Lewis’ header came in the 32nd minute of the first half, but it was canceled due to offside.Gangwon missed a decisive opportunity in the 33rd minute of the first half when Hwang Moon-ki’s cross from the right side was attempted by Lee Jeong-hyeop’s right-footed volley from the front of the goal area, which went well over the crossbar.

Gimpo, who launched a counterattack, unfortunately missed a scoring opportunity in the 43rd minute of the first half when Juninho’s powerful left-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area bounced off the goal post.Gangwon, who finished the first half scoreless, scored the first goal five minutes into the second half, and the star was striker Gabriel, who was brought in as a substitute in the 22nd minute of the first half.Gabriel struck the ball into the right corner of Kimpo’s goal with a powerful right-footed shot from the left side of the penalty arc.The joy of Gangwon is also short-lived.Gimpo also responded immediately with an equalizing goal.Gimpo balanced the game in the 13th minute of the second half when defender Jo Seong-kwon, 스포츠토토존 who took part in the attack, scored with a left-footed shot in a mixed situation at goal following a free kick.