19-year-old Chung Woo-young debuts in the Champions League … Two years earlier than Son Heung-min – Chosun.com

Bayern Munich (Germany) and Benfica (Portugal), the Group E qualifiers of the UEFA Champions League group stage, were held on 28 (28 August). In the second half of the match, Munich was imposed 5-1, placing Jung Woo-young (19) on the floor in the No. 20 substitute on behalf of striker Thomas Müller. This is the moment when he went for the ninth time in the UEFA Champions League as a Korean, after Seol Ki-seong, Song Jong-gook, Lee Chun-soo, Ji-sung Park, Lee Young-pyo, Born in 1999, Jung Woo-young became the youngest Korean player to experience the Champions League after pbading Korean football star Soong Heung Min (26). Sohn played in the Champions League in 2013, at the age of 21.

Jung Woo-young is unfamiliar to me unless I'm a fan of marathoner football. Indeed, they entered the European arena as well as in professional leagues and national universities. Jung Woo-young signed a four-year, six-month contract with Munich last year while he was part of the K-League Incheon United team, the high school Daegun. The midfielder of the Russian team Jung Woo-young (29 years old, Al Sadd) bears the same name.

However, Jung Woo-young was a "cold-hearted cottage" since childhood. Woo Sung-yong, former coach of the national team who guided him to college, said: "I was very well known in elementary school and I started attending college, I thought that & # 39; s 39, he was proud to have played in the Champions League. "

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Jung Woo-young played a leading role in the national football team, mainly in the midfield position. Those who have been watching Jung Woo-young for a long time consider ball touch to be an advantage in terms of speed. An Incheon official said: "I have seen a lot of practice (Jung Woo-young) training with a small ball like a handball." The manager also reported anecdotes related to Jung Woo-young.

"(Jung Woo-young) Although I can not say that he is 179 cm tall, I have great physical strength.After going to Europe as a national representative in middle school, I am arrived at the airport at 11:00 am, I am serious but I know that I can enjoy playing hip-hop music from scratch. "

Chung Woo-young visited Europe last April, while he was at Daegun High School. The European scout came to Korea officially invited Jung Woo-young to see him. Jung Woo-young went to Europe and was tested in the Bundesliga, Munich, Cologne, Augsburg and Austrian Salzburg clubs. Kim Hong-keun of HK Sports Management, who is Chung Woo-young's agent, said, "I wanted to have the four teams." The final winner was a prestigious Munich club, which has won five UEFA Champions League titles.

If a high school athlete normally travels abroad, there will be no transfer fee. However, Munich paid transfer fees to Incheon. Kim said: "I've always thought that I had to give back to the team because I was playing in Incheon, I understood the feeling in Munich."

Jung Woo-young proved his ability to win the gold medal in January when he joined the under-19 team in Munich and scored in his debut. And that day, he made his unforgettable debut in the Champions League, the "dream scene".

Munich won 5-1 that day and confirmed their team's advance to the quarter-finals with four wins and one draw. Jung Woo-young played with his players after the match and jumped. In Munich, Jung Woo-young is best known for his senior colleagues, Müller and Jojia Ahmad.