[더스파이크=장충/이정원 기자] “I came to this position because the players are holding up well even in difficult situations, big and small. I am proud and proud to be the manager of such a team.” This is a statement left by GS Caltex coach Sang-Hyun Cha after the Heungkuk Lifetime Exhibition.
GS Caltex held a set score of 3-1 (25-19, 25-19, 22-25, 25-) with Heungkuk Life Insurance in the 6th round of the 2020-2021 V-League Women’s Division held at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 27th. 17) and settled in the lead position for the first time in the season.
GS Caltex (53 points, 18 wins, 9 losses) scored a tie with Heungkuk Life Insurance (53 points, 18 wins, 9 losses), but rose from second place to first place by leading the set goal ratio (1.558-1.452).
The process of getting to the top was never easy. Of course, it was said that he won the championship by defeating Heungkuk Life in the 2020 Jecheon-MG Saemaul Geumgo Cup professional volleyball competition, but there were not many predicting that GS Caltex will take the top spot in the regular league.
Heungkuk Life’s power was strong enough to say that’Ooh Woo-heung (Hungkuk Life’s winning anyway)’. However, as a series of bad news hit Heungkuk Life, two main fighters Lee Da-young and Lee Jae-young fell. therefore Little by little opportunity came to GS Caltex. I did my best in one game, one game, and I did my best to narrow the difference in points.
Of course, there were also variables. In the course of the season, Suji Han, Jiwon Kim, Sohui Kang, Minji Kwon, etc. fled with large and small injuries. Han Su-ji, Kim Ji-won, and Kwon Min-ji were absent from the Heungkuk Life Show, and Kim Yu-ri, who was active recently, felt finger pain during training, and participated only in the 4th set on this day.
However, GS Caltex players remembered the’one team’ emphasized by coach Sang-hyun Cha. Even if a player misses, another player enters and does his best, and if the player does not perform well, another player fills up a little more, becoming a true’one team’, which is the team that coach Sang-hyun Cha wants to establish. Coach Sang-hyun Cha expressed his wish, “I hope the players will overcome difficult moments and help them in their growth path.”
As a result, Moon Ji-yoon, who participated in the Heungkuk Lifetime Exhibition instead of Kim Yu-ri, made a big success with her personal highest score of 8 points this season. In addition, Libero Han Soo-jin showed growth this season after overcoming the growth pains of the past time.
In addition to Moon Ji-yoon and Han Su-jin, who made great strides on this day, all of the GS Caltex squads such as Civilization, Kim Yu-ri, and Handa-hye joined together to overcome any crisis. As the team became one and overcome all kinds of crises and reached the No. 1 position, the leader is bound to be proud.
After the game, coach Sang-Hyun Cha said, “I was worried because there were many big and small injuries inside the team. But Jiyoon (Moon) and Myunghwa (Moon) are holding up well. If it collapses on one line, it is volleyball that all collapse. I came to this position because all of the teams were holding up well. I am proud. I am proud to be the manager of such a team.”
Director Cha Sang-hyun is a director who praises if you do well and throws a whip if you don’t. Since the team won this day, it was natural to hand out a word of praise to the players.
Coach Cha said, “I have the energy and fighting that Jiyoon has. It’s a part that I can’t ignore. I have strength and are doing well now.” “It’s not just one step, but two or three steps. I’ve been scolded by me a lot last season or early this season. But now I’m enjoying volleyball. I’m a player with a lot of development potential. I want to give a lot of praise.
Coach Sang-hyun Cha emphasized teamwork to dry out and wear out after taking office. If the team cannot become one, the manager Cha Sang-hyun is the one who yells even if the grades are good. So he took not only the players from the week before, but also the players in the backup. And he has overcome many crisis situations with a positive mindset with the players.
Captain Lee So-young also said, “The coach always says,’Let’s go with the players helping each other and revitalizing the atmosphere.'”
Coach Sang-Hyun Cha says that the better the team goes, the stronger the team atmosphere and the more careful it is. Coach Cha emphasized, “I am greedy, but I have to knock on the stone legs. I don’t know what kind of situation will develop in the future. It is important how well I play the rest of the game.”
Coach Sang-hyun Cha has never been titled as the champion of the regular league after taking over as coach at GS Caltex. Will coach Sang-hyun Cha and GS Caltex end with a happy ending?
If GS Caltex wins the championship, coach Sang-Hyun Cha will once again shout this word.
“I am happy to be the director of GS Caltex.”
Photo_Reporter Jang Chung/Moon Bok-ju
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