The Korean women’s volleyball team, led by coach Cesar Hernandez Gonzalez, has completed the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) schedule hosted by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). ‘Gonzalez’ played its last game against Poland in the 3rd week of the VNL held at Seosuwon Chilbo Gymnasium in Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 2nd.
Korea lost to Poland with a set score of 0-3 (23-25 18-25 16-25). Korea ended this year’s VNL with a 12-game losing streak. For the second year in a row following last year, he failed to obtain victory and points in the VNL.
Coach González got the result of 24 consecutive losses and a draw in the VNL alone. In Korea, Kim Da-eun (Heungkuk Life Insurance) and Kang So-hui (GS Caltex) struggled hard that day, scoring 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Poland won with 16 points scored by Magdalena Staciak, the most of the two teams, by captain and middle blocker Agnieszka Konolevska, who scored 9 points including 3 blocks, and by Martanja Krzyrinjanska, who scored 8 points each. put strength into
The winner of the day was the first set. Korea pushed Poland, who has an upper hand in the FIVB world rankings and is evaluated to be superior in power, in the first set.
Kang So-Hwi and Kim Da-Eun were able to attack well with the double guns, and even served as ace, leading to 18-13 in the mid-to-late half of the set, raising expectations for winning the set.
However, it was pushed back by Poland in the back trial. At the end of the video review, the flow changed after the Korean blocker scored with a net touch error. From this point onwards, Poland succeeded in scoring 6 consecutive times and reversed the score to 20-18.
Coach Gonzalez replaced Park Jung-ah (Pepper Savings Bank) and aimed for a turnaround. However, the game did not end as intended. Korea gave the set to Poland.
In the 2nd set, unlike the 1st set, Korea seemed to be behind the scenes. After being dragged to 10-19, middle blocker Lee Joo-ah (Heungkuk Life Insurance) scored twice in a row, and Lee Da-hyun and Jung Ji-yoon (above Hyundai Engineering & Construction) added attacks to catch up to 17-22.
But the chase ended there. The second set was also taken by Poland. In the third set, Korea played a tight match until the middle of the set. At the beginning of the set, they conceded consecutive runs and the score widened to 3-9, but Kang So-hui’s serve and Joo-ah Lee’s interception leveled the score at 14-14.
However, they could no longer play the match on an equal footing with Poland, and the match was decided in three sets. After the launch of the Gonzalez, the VNL record became 12 losses last year and 12 losses this year.바카라사이트
In 2021, if you add 3 consecutive victories in VNL, you have lost 27 in a row in that competition alone. Korea confirmed the lowest place among the participating teams through the VNL intercontinental round, but belonged to the ‘core team’ (core team) designated by FIVB and maintained its qualification to participate in the VNL in 2024. However, if they perform poorly in VNL next year, they may be demoted to the Volleyball Challenge Cup. Poland, led by coach Stefano Lavarini, finished the intercontinental round schedule with 10 wins and 2 losses (29 points).