BORDEAUX, Feb 22 — When Bordeaux visit Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday they will counter the home team’s costly collection of stars with a player they picked up cheaply last summer. Hwang Ui-jo was approaching his 27th birthday when Bordeaux bought him from Gamba Osaka in Japan for just two...
File photo of Bordeaux’s Korean forward Ui-Jo Hwang kicking the ball during the match between FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Dijon Football Cote-D’Or at the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, France, February 15, 2020. — AFP pic
Fans in South Korea were disappointed when Hwang was named one of three over age players for the Asian Games squad later that summer.“Ui-jo is a striker with many strengths,” Oh told Korea Daily at the time. Not bad for player on a new continent, who hardly speaks French and has not had a break since January last year and has to fly half way round the world on every international break to play for his country.
“He’s the player in the squad who makes the most breaks, with the highest intensity, with early calls and good timing,” Sousa adding that there are areas where Hwang could be better.
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