Opening 'D-10' in the freezing cold of minus 10 degrees Celsius...Why does K League 1 open the fastest in history?
Opening 'D-10' in the freezing cold of minus 10 degrees Celsius...Why does K League 1 open the fastest in history?
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The K-League 1 of professional football is set to open the earliest ever in the cold weather hovering at minus 10 degrees Celsius.
Four teams participating in the AFC Champions League (ACL) in the 2024-2025 season were held at the soccer center in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 5th.
Ulsan HD, Pohang Steelers, Gwangju FC, and Jeonbuk Hyundai, which participates in the ACLE (Champions League Elite), appeared.
The opening of the K League 1 in the 2025 season will take place on March 15. This is two weeks earlier than the opening on March 1 of the 2024 season, but four days earlier than the opening (February 19) when the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was held at the earliest.
In the 2025 season, the ACLE Tournament (quarterfinal to final) will be held in Saudi Arabia for about three weeks from the end of April, the FIFA Club World Cup will be held in the United States in June, and the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) will be held in Korea in July, so it was forced to open earlier than usual.
With the earliest opening ever, the federation has decided to hold all the opening rounds of the K League 1 in the southern part of the country. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), there will be cold weather through the first week of February, and the lowest temperature in Seoul is expected to be minus 2 degrees Celsius, the highest is expected to be minus 6 degrees Celsius, the lowest is minus 2 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius in the southern part of the country. 카지노사이트
Another peculiarity of this season is that Ulsan, the winner of the K League 1 last season, and Pohang, the winner of the Korea Cup, will not meet in the official opening game.
Previously, the official opening game of the league was a showdown between the winner of the league (home) and the winner of the Korea Cup (away). However, the two teams have limited schedule due to their participation in the ACLE.
Pohang played Kawasaki Frontale (Japan) at home on February 11, Ulsan played an away game at Buriram United (Thailand) on the 12th, returned home on the 13th, and had to take a day off and play on the 15th.
According to the federation, Pohang will play the Daejeon Hana Citizen on Saturday as scheduled, Ulsan will take a two-day break and then Anyang on Sunday for the first time. The team will play an away game in Johor (Malaysia) on Saturday and Ulsan will play in a home game in Shandong Tayshan (China) on Sunday. According to the federation, fairness and flexibility are the top priority in the schedule.