As the achievement of No. 1 in the regular league is approaching, coach Sang-Hyun Cha (47)’s heart toward GS Caltex players becomes more acute.
GS Caltex defeated IBK Industrial Bank with a set score of 3-0 (25-17 25-17 25-8) in the last home game of the professional volleyball Dodram 2020-2021 V-League Women’s Regular League held at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 12th and rose to the top. Stood.
GS Caltex, which has accumulated 58 points (20-9), will be ranked first in the regular league by raising more than 1 point in the KGC Ginseng Construction match on the 16th, the final match of the regular league.
In the V-League, if you win with a set score of 3-0 or 3-1, you get 3 points, and if you win 3-2, you get 2 points.
Even if he loses, if he engages in a full set (2-3), he gets 1 victory point.
GS Caltex gets to the top of the regular league on their own by winning two sets and goes directly to the championship decision.
It is possible to determine the first place in the regular league sooner.
If second place Heungkuk Life Insurance (56 wins, 19 wins, 10 losses) loses two sets in the ginseng construction match on the 13th, GS Caltex will determine first place without having to play the final match in the regular league.
Coach Cha laughed, “It’s good if we can confirm it (on the 13th),” and said, “We are nervous as our players are more likely to win, but we have a greater desire to win, so I think I can prepare well for the final game (on the 16th). “I said.
At the start of the 2020-2021 season, GS Caltex was selected as the’anti-horse of Heungkuk Life’.
World-class left Kim Yeon-kyung returns, and Heungkuk Life, with the national twin sisters Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young, was a’overwhelming team’ that everyone recognized.
In fact, Heungkuk Life Insurance played solo at the beginning of the season with 10 consecutive wins including the opening game.
By the end of the fourth round, Heungkuk Life was 12 points ahead of GS Caltex, the second place.
However, Heungkuk Life Insurance collapsed as the twin sisters were engulfed in controversy over school violence.
GS Caltex overcame the injuries of leading players such as Center Han Su-ji and Kwon Min-ji who travels between the center and the left.
Coach Cha said, “Someone may tell us’we’re lucky.’ But, we were able to get a chance because our players did well.
Even compared to the beginning of the season, our players have grown tremendously.
It’s really daring,” he said.
He said, “Even in the 2019-2020 season, we competed for the lead with Hyundai E&C.
However, there were no injured players at that time.” “Even though Han Su-ji, the main axis player, escaped due to injuries this season, other centers such as Civilization and Moon Ji-yoon filled the gap well.
The growth of the players in the warm-up zone has brought GS Caltex to this position.”
For the leading players, he also launched the’election campaign’.
Coach Cha said to the reporters who were voters, “Captain Lee So-young led our team really well.
I hope Lee So-young gets the best player (MVP) in the regular league,” he said. “I think it would be really good if Meretta Lutz or Kang So-hui wins the 6th round MVP.
Please consider positively.”
/yunhap news