Seung-Sooo shines and Willock extends from-Newcastle 0-1 K-League XI

Our first match in South Korea after a 3-2 defeat against Arsenal in Singapore last Sunday and although it might have been good for fitness levels in moist circumstances, it didn’t inspire much trust.

K-League parties are halfway through their season, which was probably a small factor in terms of their sharpness, although it was a slow Newcastle display that has a lot of the club’s activity from the field this summer.

We were the second on too many loose balls, to respond slowly and not to respond in quality. Again, it almost reflected how we have had surgery on the transfer market lately. Only a pre-season friendly, yes, but it was 90 minutes to forget that it did not do much to increase the mood almost two weeks before the big kick-off to Aston Villa.

However, one of the few positives was a new arrival Seung-Sooo Park. The 18-year-old Korean did more to excite fans in two minutes than most of the most games, with fast feet, energy, urgency and a number of brilliant dribbling from the left.

Newcastle XI: Pope – Krafth, Lascelles (C), A. Murphy, Livramento – Miley, Tonali, Willock – Elanga, Osula, Gordon.

Subs: Vlachodimos, Ruddy, Gillespie, Thompson, Trippier, Hall, Schar, Joelinton, Barnes, Targett, J. Murphy, Ashby, Burn, Bruno, Harrison, Hernnes, Munda, Neag-Soo Park.

Another start for Alex Murphy, this time in the middle, with Tino Livramento back in the side, more playing time for Lewis Miley and Will Osula and the return of Lewis Hall to the couch.

The absence of Sven Botman was expected, but a concern, while the new signing Seung-Sooo Park hoped to make his debut in his home country with a place on the couch.

We started well in the opening minutes, although some fast exchanges quickly faded when passing by passing and slowness crept into our piece.

Miley made a promising start, showed a good power and smooth passage, but the same could not be said for Joe Willock, who grabbed an early knock. He ran it, but the former Arsenal-Man simply does not look robust or confident enough for Joelinton (who missed 27 games in the last two campaigns) for a 50-60 game season, even if his late injury was a shame and another brutal blow to him.

A flat started Team K-League the score at 37 minutes by Jin-Gyu. A bad goal to admit when Jamaal Lascelles withdrew and the Korean allowed to shoot past Pope up close.

Elanga’s touch and delivery was very touched and Miss, where Gordon also struggled to exploit the space that he has given him left. Both looked Rusty and Osula struggled to get into the game in a hugely forgotable first half.

Howe did not make any changes during the break and two chances quickly came on our side. Gordon burst past two during the break and played it wide to Krafth, who crossed well for Osula. The Dane got up well and looked up wide, then got a chance seconds later, when he saw his low shot blocked by the K-League goalkeeper after he was broken into the box.

Osula had his third opening on the hour sign, cut from the left and shot a well -hit effort on goal. Just like his second chance, however, it was hit too close to the keeper despite a decent approach play.

To add to our misery, Krafth stopped and was replaced by 20 minutes to go. Ashby came up on right back on Sunday after a decent cameee, while gigantic young stop Max Thompson came up for his debut. A nice moment in an otherwise difficult watch, with Papa Ray Thompson (Newcastle’s Kit-Man) in the Dugout to witness it.

Tonali then took place with 77 minutes on the clock, so that Norwegian talent Travis Hernnes could come for his second outing of the preseason after he was in the 4-0 defeat in the 4-0 defeat in the 4-0 defeat.

In a movement that summarized our lack of depth in the absence of Botman, Miley had arrived in the middle of the partner Lascelles, with Howe’s reluctance to cause Fabian Schar, perhaps because he is something limiting during Sunday’s defeat against Arsenal.

New signing Seung-Sooo Park made an immediate impression. Fantastic dribbling, spark, energy and urgency, where the winger immediately hit three men before forcing a corner.

That positive was then somewhat overshadowed by what seemed like a bad foot injury for Willock. It was not beautiful and he was taken away in pain. A slippery moment for him and a blow so that we now need two midfielders, I would claim.

Unfortunately, there are few positives to take with major improvements required prior to Sunday’s collision with traces in our last game in Asia for a Sela Cup -Dubbel next weekend.