Kim Yeon-koung and Hyundai Engineering & Construction play a match of destiny

The women's professional volleyball team Heungkuk Life is on the verge of losing its unified championship again. It is necessary to win the last first and second place showdowns of the regular league to revive the team.  안전놀이터

Heungkuk Life Insurance will play an away match against Hyundai E&C in the sixth round of the Dodram V-League Women's 2023-2024 season at Suwon Gymnasium in Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday. Currently, Hyundai E&C ranks first with 25 wins, 9 losses and 77 points, while Heungkuk Life Insurance ranks second with 26 wins and 8 losses and 73 points.

Heungkuk Life has a slight lead with 3 wins and 2 losses in the opponent's record this season. Heungkuk Life also has one more win in the regular league wins.

However, the team is four points behind Hyundai E&C in the ranking table. Hyundai E&C is a little ahead in managing the number of wins. With only two more games to go until the end of the regular league, Heungkuk Life Insurance will miss its No. 1 ranking if it loses its showdown on the day.

Heungkuk Life Insurance failed to regain No. 1 spot by losing 1-3 at the previous Pepper Savings Bank match. At the time, Heungkuk Life Insurance's coach Marcello said, "It was a terrible game," which was a huge loss in the ranking competition.

"The Volleyball Empress" Kim Yeon-koung looked exhausted. She scored 19 points, the most in her team, in the match against Pepper Savings Bank, but her attack success rate was low at 35.42 percent. She also showed signs of anxiety, pouring out five mistakes.

Kim Yeon-koung could be exhausted. She played in 34 matches (134 sets) this season, and played in the most sets in her team. From Avon Terminal's point of view, however, Kim Yeon-koung, who plays a key role in both offense and defense even though she wants to give a break, cannot be excluded.

Heungkuk Life Insurance ranked first in the regular league last season and went straight to the championship game, but was held back by the Korea Expressway Corporation and lost the championship. They won the first and second games of the five-game three-win championship game, but they fell down from the third game and suffered a shocking reverse sweep defeat.

After considering retirement during the season, Kim decided to extend her career to win the title. After acquiring her first FA (Free Agent) status after the end of the season, she continued her challenge to win the title by staying at Heungkuk Life Insurance.

Kim's last combined victory was in the 2006-2007 season. To win the combined championship in 17 years, she must overcome the barriers of Hyundai Engineering and Construction.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction has also not been in a good mood lately. It lost in a full set race against Chung Kwan-jang and Korea Expressway Corporation, falling into two consecutive losses, and won the match against IBK Industrial Bank by shutting out the previous match.

Although he has succeeded in rebounding, he is as exhausted as Heungkuk Life. Major players such as foreign players Moma and Yang Hyo-jin are showing signs of exhaustion.

However, Hyundai E&C desperately wants to rank No. 1 in the regular league. Although Hyundai E&C ranked first in the 2021-2022 season, it failed to advance to the championship finals as the league ended prematurely due to COVID-19. Last season, it finished the season as the runner-up and advanced to the playoff, but failed to advance to the championship finals due to lackluster performance by the Korea Expressway Corporation. If it wants to avoid repeating the nightmare of the past two seasons, it must win the showdowns.

We must overcome our physical limitations. The victory or defeat of the game will determine the whereabouts of the regular league, which has been running tirelessly. It remains to be seen who will rise to the top.