Coach Kwon Young-min (43), who led KEPCO’s advance into the playoffs (PO, best-of-three matches), is the first postseason (PS) coach with Hyundai Capital coach Choi Tae-woong (47), who has a relationship with elementary, middle, and high school, as well as pros. ) to face off.
KEPCO moved to Cheonan on the 23rd and started preparing for PO with Hyundai Capital. The previous day (22nd), after beating Woori Card, who placed 3rd in the regular league, and succeeded in the semi-PO ‘upset’ for 2 consecutive seasons, morale has risen to the max먹튀검증. The same goes for Director Kwon. It is a special feeling to have my first PO in Cheonan after taking office as head coach. Cheonan is where coach Kwon played for 11 seasons, from the 2005 season when the V-League was launched to the 2014-2015 season.
The relationship between directors is also deep. Director Kwon and Director Choi are middle and high school alumni (Inha University Middle School ~ Inha University High School). Director Kwon was 4 years my junior, so we couldn’t go to middle and high school together, but we’ve known each other since Director Choi attended Juan Elementary School in Incheon. In the professional league, coach Choi moved to Hyundai Capital after playing for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and played with coach Kwon for five seasons.
Director Kwon said, “Director Choi is a senior in middle and high school. He played on the same team as a pro, and met as a player on a rival team. He is serious about volleyball. When he started playing volleyball in elementary school, he first learned from coach Choi. He has a lot of connections with the director,” he said. “I also have a lot of good memories in Cheonan. I would do well if I went to Cheonan,” he laughed.
This is the first PS for Director Kwon. On the other hand, coach Choi is a mid-level leader who led Hyundai Capital for 8 seasons from the 2015-2016 season. Director Kwon said, “I felt comfortable when everyone called me a ‘newbie director’. Now that I’ve won (in the semi-PO), I’m not a ‘newbie’ (laughs). He looked back, saying, “Even before the game (quasi PO), he prepared several times with image training and was not very nervous.”
In the regular league match between the two teams, KEPCO took the lead with 4 wins and 2 losses. KEPCO was pushed with 1 win and 2 losses until the 3rd round, and then won 3 consecutive wins in the 4th to 6th rounds. Director Kwon said, “(Shin) Young-seok is particularly good against Hyundai Capital. In the second half of the regular league, digging into the weaknesses of foreign player Oreoll (Hyundai Capital) worked well,” he said. Technology comes next,” he predicted.