Kim Yeon-kyung defeated Jeong Kwan-jang to meet Heungkuk Life Insurance, his former team Underdog Rebellion, which won the professional team
Nov 17, 2025
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In the 8th episode of the MBC entertainment program 「"New Director Kim Yeon-kyung" (directed by Kwon Rak-hee, Choi Yoon-young, and Lee Jae-woo), which aired on the 16th (Sun), the image of 「Pilseung Wonder Dogs」, which beat the professional team's chief Jeong Kwan-jang, Red Sparks (hereinafter referred to as Jeong Kwan-jang), and recorded its first three consecutive wins. As a result of this, 'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' won a total of four games with only one game left, confirming the team's survival.
On this day, 'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' gave up the first set by a score of 23 to 25, just two points, leaving a regret. Coach Kim Yeon-kyung was troubled by the low attack success rate of players such as Pyo Seung-joo, and replaced Lee Jin and Han Song-hee, who were shaking, with Lee Na-yeon and Tamira, respectively. After the replacement card, the team's atmosphere was revived, and coach Kim's mercenary skills worked perfectly and gave catharsis.
'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' won the second set with attacks from various routes, such as blocking the advanced middle blocker civilization and hitting outside heater Tamira. In the third set that followed, coach Kim Yeon-kyung's tactic to protect the center hit the mark and played a fierce match with Jeong Kwan-jang. As the set continued, the laughter gradually disappeared on the face of head coach Chung Kwan-jang Ko Hee-jin, while 'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' scored consecutive points in all positions, including Incusi, Han Song-hee and Pyo Seung-joo, taking the third set.
In particular, Tamira surprised viewers with a perfect performance in both attack and defense, including the serve ace. Tamira, who picked head coach Kim Yeon-kyung as her role model, added to her impression by growing up further in the game with her role model. 'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' dominated the professional team's Jeonggwanjang with a final set score of 3-1 due to the perfect chemistry between Mongolian duo Incusi and Tamira, the swift attack of civilization, and the awakening of captain Pyo Seung-joo. The 'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' which caused the underdog rebellion with its first three consecutive wins, enjoyed the joy of team survival.
Next, 'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' prepared for the match against the last opponent, coach Kim Yeon-kyung's former team, Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders (hereinafter referred to as Heungkuk Life). Heungkuk Life Insurance is the 2024-2025 V-League champion and the most winning team in women's volleyball, and it was meaningful because it was a team that contained manager Kim Yeon-kyung's volleyball life from debut to retirement. The so-called 'Hwonguk Dosa' coach Kim expressed his feelings ahead of the game, saying, `The last goal is to show the efforts and growth our players have built up so far on the court.'
At the scene of 'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' and Heungkuk Life Insurance's first intuition, which was released shortly afterwards, hot cheers from about 2,000 spectators were released, giving goosebumps. Wonder Dogs players and head coach Kim Yeon-kyung showed extraordinary determination to play in the crowd's loud support. Next week's broadcast will feature Wonder Dogs' final journey, a single in-person match. Expectations are high that coach Kim Yeon-koung will be able to prove his coach Kim Yeon-koung in front of numerous spectators whether 'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' will be able to finish wonderfully against Heungkuk Life, the strongest team in the V League.
According to viewer rating agency Nielsen Korea, the 8th episode of MBC 'new director Kim Yeon-koung' is writing a new history of entertainment Sunday, with 2049 ratings, a key indicator of channel competitiveness, recording 2.4 percent. He once again proved the dignity of Sunday's entertainment powerhouse, beating all entertainment programs such as 'My Ugly Baby' and '1 Night 2 Days Season 4' that aired on the same day, ranking first in Sunday's entertainment 2049 ratings for five consecutive weeks. The viewing rate of households in the Seoul metropolitan area was 4.4%, and in particular, the scene where Incusi took the third set to a Wonder Dogs victory with a hard carry of 'Himkush', such as making a set point with a blocker touchout at the end of the third set against Jeonggwanjang, soared to 5.0%, exploding viewers' dopamine.
The long-awaited final episode of MBC entertainment program 'new director Kim Yeon-kyung', which is responsible for the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of viewers on the weekend night, will air at 9:10 p.m. on the 23rd (Sun).
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