Overview
- Newcastle United and a fan-and-coach selected K League All-Star side meet Wednesday at Suwon World Cup Stadium in the first Coupang Play Series match of the summer tour
- Head coach Eddie Howe pledged to “do everything I can” to get 18-year-old Park Seung-soo on the pitch for his debut on home soil
- Park, Newcastle’s new South Korean signing and the 20th Korean to join a Premier League club, featured on the bench during their recent friendly against Arsenal in Singapore
- Kim Pan-gon enlisted assistant Lee Jung-hyo and plans to deploy high pressing, rapid transitions and stout defense to challenge the Premier League visitors
- Veterans such as goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo and forward Cesinha view the showcase as a platform to demonstrate K League talent to European scouts