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| Heungkuk Life Insurance Kim Yeon-kyung is delighted after scoring in the second game of the Dodram 2020-2021 V-League Women’s Playoff held at the indoor gym in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do on the afternoon of the 22nd. 2021.3.22/News1 © News1 Reporter Cho Taehyung |
It could be the last match in the V-League in Heungkuk Life Insurance uniform. ‘Empressor’ Kim Yeon-kyung (33, Heungkuk Life Insurance), who is desperate to win with the advancement to the championship match, will face-to-face with IBK Industrial Bank at the edge of the cliff.
Heungkuk Life Insurance lost to IBK with a set score of 1-3 in the second game of the playoffs (2nd match of 3rd match) held in Hwaseong on the 22nd. Heungkuk Life Insurance, who won the 1st game in Incheon on the 20th, became 1 win and 1 loss, aiming to advance to the championship in the final 3rd game.
Game 3 will be held at 7pm on the 24th at Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium.
The atmosphere of the first and second games of the playoffs was different.
In the first game, Heungkuk Life shook the IBK’s receive line with the Gangsub, but in the second game, IBK destroyed Heungkuk Life’s Receive with a rather tenacious plotter serve.
IBK has benefited from intensively serving Kim Mi-yeon and Libero Do Soo-bin, avoiding Kim Yeon-kyung. Heungkuk Life Insurance’s receive efficiency was only 23.4% in the second game. In addition to Kim Yeon-kyung (receive efficiency 44.44%), it was crucial that Kim Mi-yeon (27.91%) and Do Su-bin (21.62%) were shaken.
Ahead of the final 3rd game, Captain Kim Yeon-kyung’s shoulders became heavier. Kim Yeon-kyung, who scored 29 points, the most in the team in the first game, performed well in the second game with 20 points and an attack success rate of 46.15%.
However, it was regrettable that the attack efficiency fell to 23.08%, less than half in the second game, compared to the first game (53.33% of attack efficiency) while receiving the opponent’s intensive check.
IBK manager Kim Woo-jae actively engaged Kim Yeon-kyung and Lazareba, who are high in height, and concentrated on minimizing Kim Yeon-kyung’s offensive power by thoroughly preparing for the defense of repeated hits. And in the second game, he made some achievements.
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| On the afternoon of the 22nd, Heungkuk Life Insurance Kim Yeon-kyung is attacking during the second game of the Dodram 2020-2021 V-League Women’s Playoff held at the indoor gymnasium in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do. 2021.3.22/News1 © News1 Reporter Cho Taehyung |
On the other hand, if Heungkuk Life Insurance gives it to Game 3, the match on the 24th could be the last game in which Kim Yeon-kyung, who returned to the V-League after 11 years, plays in a pink uniform.
He emphasized at the Postseason Media Day held on the 18th, “In fact (after this season), we don’t know anything about what will happen,” he said.
Last year, he left Turkey and returned to Korea due to a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) pandemic, but Kim Yeon-kyung is likely to go abroad again after this season. There have already been reports through foreign media that Italian and Turkish clubs want Kim Yeon-kyung.
Kim Yeon-kyung, who is advancing in the postseason this season, is more than ever. He plays the role of a leader who reads his juniors on and off the court, and he wants victory more than anyone else.
Kim Yeon-kyung, who is playing’Spring Volleyball’ again in 12 years wearing Heungkuk Life’s uniform, is drawing attention from many fans as to whether he can finish the 2020-21 season with a happy ending.