GS Caltex and Heungkuk Life Insurance will face off in the 5th round. The two teams will start the match at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul at 4:00 pm on the 19th.
The home team, 안전놀이터 GS Caltex, is in 5th place with 13 wins, 16 losses and 39 points. It’s a pity that I couldn’t win the victory points while losing in a row to KGC Ginseng Corporation and IBK Industrial Bank recently. Even in the spring volleyball competition, it is slightly pushed aside. Today’s game is the most important GS Caltex.
The visiting team, Heungkuk Life Insurance, leads the league with 21 wins, 7 losses and 63 points. In a situation where they continued the season in second place and rose to the lead, they try to maintain this trend until the end of the season. Hyundai Engineering & Construction, currently in second place, is recording 21 wins, 8 losses and 62 points. Heungkuk Life Insurance is only one point behind the leader. The importance of today’s match needs no further emphasis.
The four confrontations between GS Caltex and Heungkuk Life Insurance this season were tight with 2 wins and 2 losses. Only in the first round, Heungkuk Life Insurance won 3-0 with height, and from the second round, a tight game embroidered the court. When GS Caltex won 3-2 in the 3rd round following the 2nd round, Heungkuk Life Insurance won 3-2 in the 4th round confrontation on January 5, recording a 2-2 matchup.
The fierce composition of GS Caltex and Heungkuk Life Insurance was also in the 2020-2021 season, two seasons ago. At the time, GS Caltex beat Heungkuk Life Insurance, which had built the strongest power outwardly, and won the cup competition, then went straight to the championship match with first place in the regular league, and won the championship by defeating Heungkuk Life Insurance.
Since then, GS Caltex has been behind in overall power this season, but it has shown a tendency to revive its combative appearance when it meets Heungkuk Life Insurance. This is why I am curious about the development of today’s game.
GS Caltex is a team that gets excited when Kang So-hui and Yoo Seo-yeon respond to MoMA’s offensive power. Coach Sang-Hyun Cha, when he sees a player who is in poor condition or showing poor performance, he tries to maintain his performance by appointing players without delay. Kwon Min-ji entered and played the role of a game changer several times. I wonder what kind of flow will come out today.
Heungkuk Life Insurance solves the game with Kim Yeon-kyung and Yelena as axes. Today, the high-altitude strikes of these two players are difficult to prevent. Drive the highest blocking wall to either side to gain some control. Today’s game checkpoint.
Heungkuk Life Insurance appointed manager Marcello Abondanza on the morning of the 19th and officially announced it. Head coach Abondanza entered the country on the 18th and finalized his contract. He is expected to direct the game once he has gone through the registration process.
It is also of interest to see how Heungkuk Life Insurance, which took the lead in the system of acting manager Kim Dae-kyung, will improve in today’s game and the rest of the season.
The game starts at 4pm. These two teams were fierce when they met. The time is coming to see if the close match in the final set, which has been unfolding in the last three head-to-head matches, will continue until today.