"Jeonnam Debut Goal" Jung Ji-yong relieved his mind! "It's the best goal of my life... I don't remember how I scored it."

"Jeonnam Debut Goal" Jung Ji-yong relieved his mind! "It's the best goal of my life... I don't remember how I scored it."

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Jung Ji-yong answered that his debut goal of the Jeonnam Dragons was his life goal.

South Jeolla Province won 1-0 at the ninth round match of the regular season league against Gimpo FC in the "Hana Bank K League 2 2025" held at Gimpo Salter Football Stadium at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Jung Ji-yong played as a left flanker and played full time for 90 minutes to score the winning goal.

The first goal came at six minutes of extra time in the second half. Jung beat the defender by dribbling through the left side, and shook the net with a left-footed shot from a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper. South Jeolla Province jumped to second place with Jung's winning goal for the fifth time this season.

"It was a tough 90 minutes, but I'm happy to win like this," said Jung Ji-yong, who met at the mixed zone after the game. "The atmosphere is really good. There is not much difference in points from the teams down there, but I think if we accumulate points like this, we can go further. I am trying to prepare for the game in one heart."

Jung's goal on the day was his debut goal in South Jeolla Province. Having made his professional debut with Gangwon FC in 2019, Jung joined South Jeolla Province ahead of this season after playing for Ansan Greeners and Gwangju FC. Jung scored his first goal in six games for South Jeolla Province right before the game ended.

"Actually, I don't remember anything. I don't know how I did it, I don't remember how I beat the defense line," Jung said. "I prepared myself to do as much as I could even before the game. I was so happy that I had never scored a theater goal like this before. It was the best goal of my life."

In fact, South Jeolla Province had a difficult match against Gimpo on the day. The team struggled in Gimpo's pressure defense, and trailed by a wide margin of 4-16 in shooting numbers. South Jeolla Province overcame the crisis thanks to Choi Bong-jin's good defense, and Jeong Ji-yong took advantage of only one chance that came right before the end of the game to give his team three points.

"First of all, I tried to communicate with (former) Hyun-jun and (Kim) Ye-sung from the left by talking to them. I think they will get better going forward. The coach also pointed out a lot during the half-time, but he just watched it this time. He paid more attention to the defense and simply told me the build-up position," he recalled.

This season, Jung Kang-min and Jung Ji-yong, "Jung's line wings," are leading the rise of Jeollanam-do. Jung Ji-yong said, "I, Honan, (Ha) Nam, (Kim) Do-yoon, and (Jung) Kang-min know what they can do well, 안전놀이터 so they work well together."

Lastly, Jung said, "I thought my goal was a goal until recently, but I decided to focus only on the process starting from this game. If I empty my mind and just think about my performance, I think I will get a good result. As a team, I am aiming for promotion."