The Sporting Hack

FC Seoul head coach Kim Gi-dong (above) was left bemoaning missed opportunities as his side slumped to a 3-0 loss against Melbourne Victory on Wednesday evening.  “When we had a chance, we had to put the ball into the net,” he said of the AFC Champions League Two encounter. “Otherwise, we learn the lesson that we're going to be punished today. We were punished by missing chances.  “We had some good moments in the second half, and we created good chances. I believe that we should have scored, but we fail to score. And then we concede really easily. I believe this is football.” Despite being runaway leaders of the K-League, Kim rang the changes for the 8,500km trip to Australia, naming a youthful side who will learn from defeat to the more experienced A-League outfit. “The young boys; I believe they were disappointed by themselves because they believe themselves and they believed that they could do better,” he said. “But today, unfortunately, they didn't show their full quality...

Melbourne Victory 3 – 0 FC Seoul AFC Champions League Two Matchday 2 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Melbourne Victory vanquished Saturday evening’s bitter disappointment of Australian Cup final defeat by seeing off K-League table toppers, FC Seoul, in resounding fashion. Chalking up a first win in this season’s AFC Champions League 2 proved to be the perfect antidote to losing on penalties a game in which they were heavily fancied to win against local semi-professional outfit South Melbourne FC four days ago. With that fresh in the mind – and with an eye on a weekend trip to New Zealand’s capital to face Wellington Phoenix in their A-League opener - as many as six changes were made for this encounter against the Koreans. One of those changes, Denis Genreau, took his chance by laying on two second half assists as just rewards for the goalscorer from Saturday’s final. Guillermo May was the initial beneficiary as he broke the deadlock just after the hour mark. Having thumped the po...