Gangneung Jungang High School won its 4th championship in 5 years at Geumgangdaegi. The ‘2023 Geumgangdaegi National High School Football Tournament’ hosted by the Gangwon-do Minilbo and the Korea Football Association and organized by the Gangwon-do Football Association ended on the 20th with the final match between Gangneung Jungang High School and Incheon Bupyeong High School at Gangneung Gangbuk Public Stadium.
Gangneung Jungang High School, which defeated Incheon Bupyeong High School 1-0, won the tournament for the fourth time, following 2000, 2004 (formerly Gangneung Agricultural High School), and 2018. Both teams struggled at the beginning of the first half. Incheon Bupyeong High School (hereinafter referred to as Bupyeong) had sharp attacks on both sides, and Gangneung Jungang High School (hereinafter referred to as Center) took the ball with cooperative defense to prevent this, and then developed an attack through rear build-up, and the first half ended 0-0.
In the second half that followed, the center saved a chance. In the 4th minute of the second half, a pass miss from the Bupyeong camp hit the Bupyeong player and flowed backwards, and Shin Hong-seung (center), who received it, broke through to the left side of the box with a short dribble, folded it once, and scored the opening goal and the winning goal with a right-footed inside shot.안전놀이터
Head coach Lee Tae-gyu of Gangneung Central High School, who won the championship after five years, said, “I am happy to win after a long time, and the children must have had a hard time, but I am so grateful that they did their best until the end.” After conceding a goal in the first match of the preliminary round of this tournament, coach Lee won six games without conceding a goal until the final. Coach Lee said, “Earlier this year, after reaching the semifinals at the Busan MBC National Championship, I had a meeting with the coaching staff. To win the championship, scoring a lot is important, but I thought I should reduce the number of runs.” It’s the result of a lot of writing,” he said. Regarding future plans, Director Lee said, “The goal is not grades, but the development of children.” On the other hand, the winning team, JoongAng, was presented with a flag, trophy, certificate, and sporting goods voucher (3 million won voucher), while the runner-up Bupyeong received a trophy, certificate, and sporting goods voucher (2 million KRW voucher).