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Former Manchester United participant Jesse Lingard made his home debut for FC Seoul after becoming a member of the membership final month.
Lingard signed for the South Koreans on a free switch following his disappointing season at Nottingham Forest, earlier than being launched final summer time.
As reported by The Every day Mail, his arrival in Asia was met with pleasure from the Seoul trustworthy, who packed their house stadium over the weekend to interrupt the Okay-League attendance document (51,670).
Earlier than the match a selected 'Lingard Zone' was arrange exterior the stadium, crammed with personalised merchandise that followers might receive as they entered the bottom.
Shirt gross sales are on the rise within the South Korean capital and the realm was a giant attraction that day.
Seoul hosted Incheon of their second sport of the season, hoping to select up their first win after shedding the opening match in Gwangju.
Sadly Lingard and his new group had been unable to discover a method by means of the recalcitrant defence, leading to a 0–0 draw.
The previous United participant began on the bench however was launched simply after half an hour.
Incheon created few higher probabilities all through the sport however because the clock ticked down, Lingard had the possibility to make a dream begin.
Nevertheless, his first-time shot from across the penalty spot flew excessive and broad and Seoul had been pressured to accept a degree.
Lingard hopes he’ll regain his type in Korea and begin having fun with his soccer, one thing he has not completed since his mortgage spell at West Ham in 2022.
His shock transfer to Korea will give him an opportunity to get some minutes on the sector and it seems to be like he will certainly get the assist of the house followers.
Lingard was grateful for the assist however was considerably disillusioned not to have the ability to ship him house as a winner after a late miss.
“In entrance of huge crowds, first house sport – wonderful assist in every single place. Most likely ought to have gained in the long run. I had some half-chances,” he stated.
Lingard's subsequent match within the Okay-League is one other house match in opposition to Jeju subsequent Saturday.