Lee Young-jun Scores Season's 2nd Goal... Grasshopper Suffers 5-2 Defeat to Vaduz

Striker Lee Young-jun, 23, playing for Swiss professional football club Grasshopper Club Zurich, has scored his second goal of the season by finding the net in his first regular-league appearance of the campaign.

Lee scored the equalizer with a header in the 35th minute of the first half, when his team was trailing 0-1, during an away match against Vaduz for the 5th round of the 2026-2027 Swiss Super League held at the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, on August 31 (KST).

This marks Lee's second goal of the season overall and his first in the league, following his first goal of the season in an away match in the Round of 64 of the 2026-2027 Swiss Cup on August 16.

Grasshopper conceded another goal in the 43rd minute of the first half and managed to equalize again during first-half stoppage time, but they conceded three goals in the second half to suffer a heavy 5-2 defeat.

Having played one game fewer, Grasshopper suffered their third consecutive defeat in the league and remained winless in their opening four matches (1 draw, 3 losses, 1 point), anchoring the bottom of the 12-team standings.

Named as a forward for Coach Lee Min-sung's squad heading into the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Lee started the match as one of the two top strikers in a 4-3-1-2 formation.

Having been sent off in the second leg of the promotion-relegation playoffs last season, Lee missed the first three matches of this season's regular league due to suspension, making his debut regular-league appearance of the season today.

Prior to this, including the Swiss Cup Round of 64 match on August 16, this was his second appearance of the season.

After conceding the opening goal in the 12th minute of the first half, Grasshopper leveled the score in the 35th minute when Nicolas Muci headed down a ball from the left side of the penalty area, allowing Lee to rush toward the right side of the penalty area and head it home.

It was Lee's second consecutive game with a goal.

Having restored balance to the match, Grasshopper conceded a goal to Dominik Schwizer in the 43rd minute of the first half, but Nicolas Muci scored a re-equalizer during first-half stoppage time, ending the first half tied at 2-2.

However, Grasshopper conceded the winning goal to Schwizer in the 10th minute of the second half, followed by consecutive goals to Juan Cabrera in the 13th and 31st minutes of the second half, sealing a 5-2 defeat.

(Photo: Captured from Grasshopper SNS, Yonhap News)
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