Defender Park Ji-soo (29), 메이저놀이터who joined Portuguese professional soccer team Portimonense in January of this year, contributed to the team’s victory by playing all 90 minutes in the first and second half in his debut game.
Park Ji-soo’s team Portimonense won 2-1 in a home game against Maritimo in the 2022-2023 Portuguese professional football Primeira Liga held at the Portimão Stadium in Portimão, Portugal on the 19th (Korean time).
Park Ji-soo started as a starter and played on the ground until the end of the game.
Park Ji-soo, who joined Portimonense at the end of last month, has been known for helping former Korean national football team coach Paulo Bento link Portimonense and Park Ji-soo to join.
Park Ji-soo, who consistently made his name on the national soccer team while coaching Bento, suffered an ankle injury in an evaluation match against Iceland just before the final list was announced, and was unable to participate in last year’s World Cup in Qatar.
Park Ji-soo, who was on the list of substitutes in Portimonense’s two matches earlier this month, but did not get a chance to play, came out as a starter that day.
According to whoscored.com, a statistics site specializing in soccer, Park Ji-soo played an active part that day with 1 tackle and 3 kicks.
The media gave Park Ji-soo a rating of 6.38. This is the 6th highest rating among 11 people who came out as a starter.
Portimonense won by one goal with Mauricio’s equalizing goal in the 39th minute of the second half and Wellington Junior’s come-from-behind goal in extra time in the second half when the team was trailing 0-1.
With 8 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses, Portimonense is 11th out of 18 clubs with 26 points.
Four teams, from 8th to 11th, have 26 points.
1st place is Benfica (17 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss) with 53 points, and FC Porto (16 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses), who played one more game, is in second place with 51 points.