It is quite fitting that Ulsan Hyundai, who marched into the East Zone Final of the 2020 AFC Champions League in centralized hosting venue Qatar on Thursday, played every single one of their five group matches in Education City Stadium.
For football lovers in the host nation of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, it has been very evident that Kim Do-hoon’s side, which has scored no less than 18 times in seven matches in Doha, have taken the competition by storm.
After defeating their more glamourous opponents Beijing Guoan 2-0 in Thursday’s East Zone Semifinal, coach Kim revealed to the media the one single unifying strand running through his team which helped connect their on and off-field achievements – living life to the full despite the limiting external circumstances caused by the global pandemic outbreak.