[김기자의 V토크] KGC Diouf declares two consecutive goalscorers

Professional volleyball KGC Ginseng Corporation Valentina Diouf (28, Italy) announced the challenge of winning the second consecutive victory.

KGC Ginseng Corporation won a 3-2 victory in the 6th round of the Women’s Division in the 2020-21 season held at Suwon Gymnasium on the 26th. Diouf was the first contributor to victory. KGC Ginseng Corporation director Lee Young-taek and Jeokjang Lee Do-hee, Hyundai E&C manager also said, “Diwoof did so well.”

In the match that day, Diouf scored 54 points (48.11% attack success rate), the most individual women’s game this season. With this day’s game, Diouf broke through 800 points in the season and 1500 points in total (28th in history), surpassing IBK Industrial Bank Anna Lazareva (792 points) to become the number one scorer (820 points).

“Today’s game was difficult. It was a very important game,” Diouf said after the game. “I didn’t want to play 6th place. It seems that the finalists are in the hearts of the players on the court. It’s important what kind of mind you enter. It’s important to be aggressive like today. It’s the same.” He said, “The strikers scored well even in a difficult situation today.”

“During the game, I didn’t know that I had the most individual goals. I just wanted to win,” said Diouf. However, he showed motivation for the first place scored. He became the top scorer last season (832 points) during his first year in the V-League. Diouf said, “Last season, the gap from second place (Meretta Lutz, 678 points) was large, so it was relatively easy. Of course, I am greedy for first place. It is difficult but I want to do better until the end.”

Diouf made the most offensive attempts this season with Lazarev. In particular, they have a lot of open and rear attacks that consume a lot of physical strength. However, he is still maintaining his physical strength. He said, “I’m tired, but now it’s time for all players to get tired. How you take care of your body is important. I’m going through a longer season than Europe, but I think I’m doing well with my experience last season.”

In KGC Ginseng Corporation, Hye-seon Yeom was recently injured, and Hyo-rim Ha is the leading setter. Diouf said, “Hyo-rim Ha and breathing were good even in the last season. As Ha Hyo-rim played for the first time, I watched more blocking and asked for a ball like this. I feel good as Ha Hyo-rim makes good use of his chances,” said Diwoof. “I laughed.

Suwon = Reporter Kim Hyo-kyung [email protected]