After finishing his winter training in mid-February, Lee Kong hurried back to South Korea from the Netherlands.

Because the new season of the K-League will start on March 3, and the first game of Seoul FC will also start on March 4.

So even though Seoul is still in the cold winter season, the players of Seoul FC have already started to train before the game.

Probably because the team's excellent performance in the second half of the league last year made the team's senior management very satisfied, so GS Group finally gave Lee Jang-so the green light in this year's team recruitment.

And the first thing Lee Jang-so wanted to do after getting a sufficient transfer fee was to introduce a strong center forward to the team.

It's not that Li Kong's performance can't satisfy him, after all, last season's data of almost one goal per game was there, even the most demanding coach couldn't have more requirements for Li Kong.

However, the decision to let Lee Kong change to play as a center forward was made by Lee Jang-so when the request for reinforcements was not approved by the club and there was almost no one available on the front line.

In the past, when Li Kong was in the youth training of South Korea and the Netherlands, he was known for his excellent overall view and excellent offensive and defensive ability, and players with such characteristics have always played the role of the core of the midfield and the offensive and defensive hub in a team.

Lee Jang-so certainly knows this, and he was initially thinking of letting Lee Kong play as a central midfielder, and if he is really as good as rumored, then it is not impossible to let him be the core of the midfield of Seoul FC in the future and control the team's beat.

However, later he accidentally pushed Li Kong to the position of center forward, and Li Kong's excellent performance in the center position not only did not make Lee Jang-so break the idea of returning to the midfield, but also aroused Lee Jang-so's interest in "reforming" Li Kong's position.

Keeping Lee Kong fixed in the center forward position may allow him to give full play to his offensive ability and improve Seoul FC's ability to attack the city.

However, dropping his position back and putting him in the middle of the midfield will allow him to show all his talents, improve the offensive and defensive ability and grade of Seoul FC in an all-round way, and enhance the team's control over the tempo of the game.

Perhaps Lee Jang-so still had reservations about Lee Kong's ability before, but after getting along with Lee Kong and communicating with him for half a year, Lee Jang-so no longer has the slightest doubt that Lee Kong has the ability to control the midfield of Seoul FC.

Even if Li Kong is only 18 years old this year, he is far from the age where an ordinary player can "mature" the game, but Lee Jang-so inexplicably believes in Li Kong and believes that this "beloved apprentice" who can treat and read the game very calmly.

And Li Kong has already communicated with Lee Jang-so on the phone in the Netherlands, and Li Kong also expressed his support for Lee Jang-so's idea of returning him to the midfield.

Because it is time for Seoul FC's midfield to "change", Lee Yi-yong is indeed still in a very good state, and his comprehensive strength is also among all the midfielders in the K League

He can be consistently in the top five, but you know, he's over 30 years old.

Seoul FC's several active midfielders, except for Li Yirong, are the type of strong attack and weak defense, and Li Yirong is not a very good midfield core, his biggest characteristic, or advantage is stability, when a defensive back, or a back with a certain organizational ability, although it is more than enough, but let him be the core of the midfield, he is unable to create any good opportunities.

In addition, as he gets older, his stability will inevitably be greatly reduced, so if the team can find a good center forward, Li Kong is also willing to return to the familiar midfield position to further strengthen the team.

So at the beginning of January, Lee Jang-so made an offer for Dejan, the center forward of Montenegro's Belgrade Besania team.

This player is 187cm tall and weighs 80kg, is a typical European center forward, but his heading ability is not too good, on the contrary, the foot technique is quite delicate, is a pretty good front-court fulcrum, solid shooting skills, can do the ball and score goals by himself, can greatly enrich the team's offensive tactics in the frontcourt.

At first, the general manager of Belgrade Besania didn't want to release people, after all, the winter break is not as good as the summer offseason, if you let go of the team's main center, you can't buy another suitable center, not to mention whether you can buy another suitable center, you have to run in with the team after buying, which has a great impact on the team's performance.

However, under the continuous price increase of Seoul FC, the general manager of Belgrade Besania quickly "surrendered", after all, this is the way to survive a small team like them, there is no so-called "not for sale" in the team, as long as you give the right price, you can buy whoever you want.

So after spending a transfer fee of 500,000 euros, Lee Jang-so got his favored center forward Dejan.

After cleaning up a few veterans in the team and promoting a few fairly good players from the second team, Lee Jang-so directly announced that this year's recruitment and team building goals have been completed.

There are no major problems with the players in the backline, with the return of Li Kong in the midfield, Ji Chengyong will also be reused in the new season, Park Joo-yong is maturing in the front, and with the addition of Dejan and the rise of Lee Qinglong, there is nothing to worry about.

The age structure of the team is more reasonable and younger with the reuse of a group of young players, Lee Jang-so is very satisfied with everything in the team now, and what he has to do next is to bring this team together, create more perfect tactics, and march towards the league championship in the new season!

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"Keep the rhythm going, yes, yes, yes! That's it! Great job!"

Lee Jang-so was wearing a cotton sports suit, standing on the edge of the training ground with a red face, holding a tactical board in his hand, writing and drawing on it, and shouting encouragement to the players on the field from time to time.

The midfield of Lee Kong and Lee Yi Yong is like adding a wall in front of Seoul FC's defense!

The combination of the two defused the attacking players of the Seoul FC second team and the waves of attacks of the Seoul FC second team, while the defenders of the Seoul FC first team had nothing to do in the back to watch Li Kong and Li Yirong push back the opponent's offensive again and again.

But what makes Lee Jang-so happiest is the tacit cooperation between Lee Kong and Lee Yirong and Ji Chengyong in organizing and initiating the team's attack!

Li Kong has a good view of the overall situation, especially in passing and receiving the ball in the short and medium distances and controlling the tempo of the game!

With his scheduling, FC Seoul's attacking and midfield transmission has become much smoother and more beautiful, and the players are often able to play a mercury-like attack in training matches.

And his relatively weak long-pass ability has also been greatly compensated for in the cooperation with Li Yirong.

Li Yirong's long pass speed is fast, and the accuracy has also reached a very considerable level, Li Kong sometimes finds some good counterattack opportunities, and will pass the ball to Li Yirong's feet as soon as possible, and Li Yirong also kicked a lot of long passes that penetrated the opponent's defense line under Li Kong's reminder.

It just so happens that Lee Qinglong and Park Joo-yong on the front line are not slow, so the rapid counterattack tactics have naturally become an important piece of Lee Jang-so's tactical board.

Ji Chengyong is partnered with Lee Yirong to form Seoul FC's new double back combination, he is decent in defense, and he can often make tacit cooperation with Li Kong in attack, making a good organization and defensive supplement for Li Kong and Lee Yirong, which makes Lee Jang-so also very satisfied.

Although the new center Deyang still has a language communication barrier with most of his teammates for the time being, fortunately, there are two people in the team who speak good English, Li Kong and Ji Chengyong, so in attack, Li Kong and Ji Chengyong can still often communicate with Deyang and make some good cooperation, plus Deyang's own ability is outstanding, so his teammates and Lee Jang-so are still satisfied with his performance.

The team's run-in progress was much faster and smoother than Lee Jang-so expected, the atmosphere between the players was good, Lee Kong, Lee Qinglong, Ji Seong-yong, the three "hopeful stars" of Seoul FC also successfully became important members of the team in the new season, everything seems to be on the right track, and the panic and anxiety in the team last season seem to have disappeared.

At this time, Lee Jang-so looked at the team in front of him that was almost built by himself, and saw the wonderful performance of these young players, and the spirit that had been tense seemed to have been relaxed a little, and the anxiety that had been felt by designing and changing the team's new tactics in the past few days has also been relieved a lot.

After all, there's nothing more exciting and gratifying for a coach than building a championship team, isn't it?

As for the goals of the new season.

Lee Jang-so watched Li Kong plug in again to assist Li Qinglong to break the goal, and the rest of his teammates all smiled and celebrated around them, and couldn't help laughing easily.

Why not!