Ranked 1st regardless of the Ginseng Corporation on the 16th
Postseason championship match direct
Both teams have experienced extreme bad news
To the top of GS Caltex with teamwork
26th playoff winners and 1st leg
GS Caltex players are cheering after winning the 2020-2021 V-League Women’s Division against IBK Industrial Bank held at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 12th. yunhap news
There are many ways for a professional sports team to reach the top. Among them, it is the easiest way to create a strong lineup with a handful of superstars and role players and then challenge them to the championship. Recently, a team like this was created in the professional volleyball V-League this season as a common player composition of professional players. It is Heungkuk Life, where world star Kim Yeon-kyung and’super twins’ Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young unite as one. Amidst their star power, the V-League had a new word in the beginning of the season, ‘Uh Woo-heung (Heungkuk Life’s winner anyway). Heungkuk Life Insurance seemed to come true as Heungkuk Life played solo with a victory in the first round of the second round.
However, only one team did not give up and went their way silently. This is GS Caltex, which was considered the only anti-horse of Heungkuk Life. And until the middle of the season, it seemed impossible for them to win the regular league. On the 12th, after GS Caltex won the league game against IBK IBK with a set score of 3-0, Heungkuk Life Insurance lost 0-3 in the final game of the season against KGC Ginseng Corporation in Daejeon on the 13th. Regardless of the results of the season’s final match against Ginseng Corporation on the 16th with a win of 9 losses and 58 points, Heungkuk Life Insurance with 19 wins and 11 losses and 56 points was confirmed to be the first in the regular season.
During the regular season,’Yanggang’ GS Caltex and Heungkuk Life experienced a massive negative side by side. Heungkuk Life Insurance, who was running a streak, suffered a decisive blow when Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young were caught in school violence and separated from their power. For GS Caltex, the injuries of key players continued throughout the season. In particular, the center line was at the level of’collapse’. Center Han Su-ji underwent surgery for an ankle injury, and Kwon Min-ji was excluded from the history because her little finger was fractured. Recently, Yuri Kim escaped from a finger injury. The main gun Kang So-hui also went in and out of the lineup with a bad ankle.
In this crisis, GS Caltex was stronger. Unlike other teams that use backups only when the main game is not playing or when the game is in a strong situation, GS Caltex coach Cha Sang-hyun has actively promoted backups such as Civilization, Kim Yuri, Yoo Seo-yeon, Moon Ji-yoon and Han Su-jin as the match from the start of the season. Suddenly, the squad was full of’jokers’ who would show their skills even in a crisis. Lutz-Kang So-Hwi-Lee So-young added their activities to the tripod, and GS Caltex was able to pursue Heungkuk’s life despite the line injury that continued throughout the season. In this operation, the teamwork became more steadfast, and the game power naturally increased, and in the end, Heungkuk Life, which collapsed due to bad news, took the top place.
Now, attention is focused on whether GS Caltex will even win the combined victory. GS Caltex will go directly before the championship decision, and from the 26th, the playoff winner between Heungkuk Life Insurance and IBK IBK IBK in 3rd place will compete with the winner of 5 matches. Both teams are burdensome opponents in the short term. This is because Kim Yeon-kyung at Heungkuk Life Insurance and Lazareva at IBK IBK are enduring high-end players with’one shot’. However, GS Caltex has become a’one team’ despite all kinds of bad news, and the momentum of achieving the goal has risen to the full, so the expectation of winning is higher than ever.
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