KEPCO sang ‘Munggun’ to Hyundai Capital and grabbed the strings of hope to advance to the first ever championship match.
KEPCO defeated Hyundai Capital 3-2 (25-18 21-25 25-18 25-27 18-16) at the end of a full set match leading to the 5th set deuce in the second leg of the professional volleyball playoff (PO) held at the Suwon Gymnasium in Gyeonggi on the 26th. ) was kicked out.
KEPCO, which lost the first game 2-3 two days ago and was driven to the edge of the PO precipice of the 3-2 win system, balances the game 1-1 in the middle and knocks on the gate of the first ever championship game in the final 3rd game on the 28th. KEPCO, which is in its 18th season, has had its best record three times, including last season.
KEPCO, which was eliminated in all three POs, sounded the first PO win in history after six games on this day.
A total of 3,504 spectators broke the record for the largest number of spectators this season in the men’s division. On this day, KEPCO Thais and Lim Seong-jin, supported by home fans, scored 24 and 23 points, respectively, to lead the victory. On the other hand, Hyundai Capital, which took the first game and occupied an advantageous position, missed the second game with 35 rooms, 10 more than KEPCO (25).
KEPCO shook the opponent’s receiving line from the first set. KEPCO, which rose to 20 points with Lim Seong-jin’s back attack, finished the first set with Seo Jae-deok’s back attack at the set point of 24-18.
Hyundai Capital, which was replaced by setter Kim Myeong-gwan and harvested attack points, also took the second set with Heo Soo-bong, who scored the same score as Altoran at every turn. The match between the two teams, which played a seesaw game by giving and receiving another set, was finally decided in the third deuce of the last 5 sets. 토토사이트
A minor mistake made the difference, and KEPCO was the last to laugh. The third deuce situation that followed at the end of the battle. In KEPCO’s 16-16, Jo Geun-ho’s target hit serve landed on top of Lee Si-woo’s head, and he received the sudden serve as if he was calling for cheers, but the ball went behind the end line and gave KEPCO a match point.
Embarrassed, Hyundai Capital started a counterattack by successfully clearing Jo Geun-ho’s second serve, but was unable to use Seo Jae-deok’s lightning-like rearguard attack and gave the victory to KEPCO. Heo Soo-bong could not laugh at the loss of the team even though he scored 30 points, the most among the two teams.
There are only three cases where the men’s division, which was held until last season, went to the 3rd round from 17 POs. Among them, the team that took the first game won once, and the team that won the second game advanced to the championship twice.