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The synergy effect of the united veterans, a 19-year-old rookie setter, is at the center of it.
After overcoming the nightmare at the beginning of the season, the Korea Expressway Corporation has established itself as the strongest team in the V-League in the second half. The Korea Expressway Corporation won the set score 3-2 (23-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-22, 15-12) against GS Caltex in the sixth round of the V League in the 2024-2025 season at Gimcheon Indoor Gymnasium on the 12th.
With the victory, the Korea Expressway Corporation recorded its 16th win (18 losses) this season, tying the fourth-place IBK Industrial Bank with 44 points. He won the last home game of the season with a great victory.
On the other hand, GS Caltex, which dreams of coming out of last place, added one more point and only scored 33 points. There are only two chances left to overturn the difference from sixth-ranked Pepper Savings Bank (35 points), which won the full set match against Heungkuk Life Insurance the previous day.
This season, even the three teams that will advance to volleyball this spring and the top team among them (Hungkuk Life Insurance) have been decided early. Therefore, the top three teams are spending the sixth round focusing on players' condition management instead of ranking fights.
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On the other hand, the bottom four teams are doing their best by fully operating their best members until the end of the season for the honor of their teams and players, regardless of their rankings. Among them, Korea Expressway Corporation, which had been winning five consecutive games until the match, and GS Caltex, which had won three consecutive games in the sixth round, showed the best performance.
Kim Jong-min, the head coach of the Korea Expressway Corporation who met with Gyeonggi-do Province, said, `I am happy about the growth of Kim Dae-eun and Kim Se-bin.' Kim Dae-eun has already been reborn as the next-generation setter representing the league, and Kim Se-bin also overcame the aftermath of pneumothorax surgery, ranked fourth in blocking and fifth in quick attack, standing tall as the league's representative middle blocker.
GS Caltex coach Lee Young-taek smiled broadly, saying, `The team's atmosphere is bright and good because we keep winning.' The slogan 'Let's give Silva the round MVP', which has been repeated since the middle of the fifth round, has now become a unified goal for the entire team.
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It may also affect whether he will be accompanied by Silva in the next season. Director Lee Young-taek declined to say, `We are talking a lot, but nothing has been decided yet.'
GS Caltex took the lead in the first set. Veteran Bae Yu-na took the center stage of the attack in the Korea Expressway Corporation. GS Caltex won the first set with Silva hitting hard. At 22-22, GS Caltex Oh Se-yeon won a decisive block, and Silva finished the set.
The second set is a counterattack by the Korea Expressway Corporation. Main gun Nicolova bombed GS Caltex Court one after another, and Kim Se-bin supported him. When the game, which was on par with 12-12, suddenly reached 16-13, 22-17, it tilted toward the Korea Expressway Corporation.
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GS Caltex led 15-9 at the beginning of the third set when Yoo Se-yeon violated the road construction court. As the score gap widened, he used rookie giant Lee Ju-ah to solidify his spirit of victory.
The fourth set was won again by the Korea Expressway Corporation. He led 16-13 with Kang So-hwi's consecutive serve aces, and shook off GS Caltex's last-minute fierce chase with Tanacha and Bae Yuna at the center. Coach Kim Jong-min's video reading, which caught GS Caltex's touchout during Kang So-hwi's attack at 23-22, also stood out.
In the fifth set, both teams fought hard. The Korea Expressway Corporation, which was trailing 1-5 at the beginning of the set, succeeded in reversing 8-7 with blocking. Kim Dae-eun, who was active by hitting consecutive blocks, led the team by following the luck of the decisive dig that led to the score. In the second half of the set, Nicolova and Tanacha scored one after another to end the game.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
