The 26-year-old newly acquired midfielder Hwang In Beom was undoubtedly the face of the match, in the away game of Olympiakos against Apollon Limassol (1-1) in Nicosia. In his distant homeland, the Mass Media, naturally, gave great emphasis, as we must not forget that on November 20 the World Cup begins, where South Korea will be present for the 10th time in a row.

So the wonderful debut of Hwang In Beom with the red and white jersey was the next to be paid special attention to since the Portuguese coach of South Korea, Paulo Bento had spoken the best words about the champion of Greece to the 26-year-old ace, before making the decision to continue his career of in Greece.

The newly acquired midfielder of Piraeus in the 65' he played changed the whole face of his team, offering smiles to its fans.

Apart from scoring the goal, Hwang was impressive on the pitch. He proved to possess impeccable technical training and was equally good in his blocking duties.

His debut was accompanied by a goal in the 29th minute with a perfect left-footed shot that the goalkeeper of the Cypriot team could not see. And rightly so, Huang became the talk of the town back home too, with todayfootball posting an impressive graphic of his maiden appearance and first goal for Olympiakos.

The South Korean international midfielder, despite being substituted due to a problem in his debut with Olympiakos, showed that he has great quality. The presence of the international Korean midfielder in the starting line-up of Olympiakos overshadowed everything.

Huang was so good and so impressive that playing more as a ten and in front of the eight Kunde and the six M’ Vila a changed the axis of Olympiakos for good. It changed him both creatively and substantively. With the way he held the ball. With his excellent ability with both feet and the very nice goal he scored, but also the other phases he created.

Everyone now speaks highly of Hwang In-beom about how good a midfielder he is, who if he continues like this, then he definitely raises the level of a team. And of course it raises the level of Olympiakos as everyone realizes that it can then offer even more. Something that will benefit both of us. Huang proves that he is indeed a wonderful midfielder and it is no surprise now that he is a very good footballer.

Of course we expected him to be a good footballer. Possibly not that good but we were waiting for him with a positive look, also studying his CV. Just as Olympiacos knew what to expect. A modern midfielder with constant movement, pace and intensity.

Everyone has noticed that  Hwang seems to have elements that other Olympiakos midfielders do not have. And this will play a big role in the future, inside and outside the borders, since the Greek champions will continue to compete in the European competitions for some time to come (how much no one can predict from now). So Hwang plays with his head up, the ball in front of him and drives the game forward. He keeps it right when needed, creates, wins fouls, passes and scores. What more could one ask of a footballer? And Hwang shows the... way for the next additions as well.

The South Korean with the good morning beat everyone. It even showed that it is a piece that was missing, more than any other, from the Olympiakos team.

He is a famous creative midfielder who has a way of exploiting the speed of the wingers with his passes. He knows perfectly well where and when to feed the centre-forward. How will he help with his movements in the field and his disposition to constantly ask for the ball, so that he can circulate it better and more safely.

His biggest asset is that he is constantly moving without the ball and seeks to be constantly available to receive a pass. This makes running the game unimaginably easier and gives options to teammates. His team-mates now have someone they can play the ball to safely and have him constantly available, thanks to his clever movements in space, as well as being able to avoid marking opponents. In addition, he is a modern box to box midfielder who moves with great comfort and the same ease between the two large areas.

The 1st Korean to wear the Olympiakos shirt

Hwang is making history. He is the first Korean footballer to wear the jersey of the Greek champion, Olympiakos. A modern midfielder who benefited from FIFA's regulation on foreigners (playing for Russian teams - played in Rubin Kazan) who can negotiate with any team they want until June 30, 2023. Thus, Rubin automatically got out of the way and opened the way for Europe and the Greek champion Olympiakos, who was watching the whole thing with interest. Hwang quickly agreed with Seoul to renew his contract, which was officially done on July 16. But the agreement also explicitly included the paragraph: if he was attacked by any European team, he would be free, without having any commitment to Seoul.

Now Hwang feels particularly happy in his new club Olympiakos and he said characteristically to Olympiakos TV:

"I'm really happy that I helped the team, but I'm not completely happy because we didn't win. I hope we can all be happy together in our own stadium and beat them. I can't wait to play with our fans who will be more. I was amazed at how many fans came out to support us and I'm very proud of them and happy. Like I said in my presentation interview, the more games I play the more people will love me, that's been my goal since I started playing football. I play for the fans. I'm very happy but I'll say it again not so happy because we didn't win and so at home we have to win and we all be the happiest together".