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- Game 5 of Champ at 7 p.m. today (10th)
There is simply no place to back down. There is only one final game left for the championship title. The winning team will make history as the champion of the 2025-2026 season, but the losing team will have to end its vain season journey.
The men's professional volleyball championship match between Korean Air and Hyundai Capital (champ match, three wins out of five) eventually came to the "end." With two wins and two losses, the last five games will be held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon at 7 p.m. on the 10th. It is the first time in five seasons that the 5th round of the men's professional volleyball championship will be held since the 2020-2021 Korean Air-Woori Card match. In the 2021-2022 season, it was reduced to two wins out of three due to the aftermath of COVID-19, and the winning team for the last three consecutive seasons has ended with three consecutive wins.
Korean Air challenges "100% chance" Korean Air won both the first and second games at home on the 2nd and 4th. Of the 20 championships in history, 11 teams won the first and second games, and the winning team of the first and second games topped the list with a 100% probability. In fact, until the second game, Korean Air's chances of winning seemed high. This is because Hyundai Capital played four consecutive full-set games after the playoff and the championship, as well as the first place in the regular league. Combined with the 100% probability, Korean Air's weight was put on the top.
However, the "judgment controversy" at the end of the second game drastically changed the atmosphere of the championship itself. Hyundai Capital failed to confirm its victory as Hyundai Capital's match point situation and Leo's serve across the line were ruled out after a video review. In the end, after a close game of deuce, Korean Air won and won two consecutive games. Hyundai Capital expressed strong dissatisfaction with the consistency of the decision over the fact that the opponent's attack, which fell into a similar position in the previous situation, was declared as In.
Hyundai Capital's "angry" over the dubious decision was stronger than Korean Air's momentum, which had only one win left to win. Hyundai Capital, which was on the edge of the cliff, won Game 3 and Game 4 at home with complete shutdown wins, turning the game to square one. If the first and second games were defeated after a close full-set match, in the third and fourth games, they will head back to Gyeyang, overwhelming the opponent and raising the atmosphere. The first history of the "reverse sweep" of the losing team in the first and second rounds, which has never been seen before, is also just around the corner.
Hyundai Capital, which has certainly won all 3rd and 4th games with complete shutdown wins, is far ahead of Hyundai Capital, which has led the game to Game 5. Heo Soo-bong and Leo, who scored 40 points in Game 3 and 37 points in Game 4, also reached their peak. The fact that the presence of Korean Air's new foreign player Jose Maso (Cuba), who was considered a variable ahead of the championship, is not as good as the early stage of the championship is a concern for Hyundai Capital and Korean Air.
However, Korean Air also has a clear advantage of playing the last 5 games at home. In the regular league held at home this season, he was strong with 13 wins and 5 losses and 4 wins and 1 loss against Hyundai Capital, including the championship. If the game flows in a long-term game like the previous first and second games, it is certainly advantageous in physical strength. Although the upward trend is clear, Hyundai Capital, its opponent, has played a full set of six games and four of them for 13 days from the 27th of last month. Although he took his breath with a 3-0 victory in the last two consecutive games, the accumulated fatigue cannot be ignored. During the fourth game, Hyundai Capital coach Philip Blanc (France) also said, "I was worried about my physical strength and mental strength if I moved on to the fourth set."
As they stand on the edge of the cliff, the will of the two teams is different. "I'm sure I'll raise my concentration again," Korean Air coach Henan Dal Zoto (Brazil), who is in a tight spot with two consecutive wins after two consecutive wins, said. "It's a game that will be a different motivation. Now it's a decisive game." Despite the conclusion of the Korean Volleyball Federation's "reading," Blanc, who still insists on the second game as a loss due to misjudgment, said, "Unofficially, I want to tell you that we should have won with 3 wins and 1 loss. I will officially take the title in Incheon."
If Korean Air wins the top spot, it will end this season with the so-called "Treble (triple crown)" including this season's cup competition and regular league. It is the sixth championship in two seasons since the 2023-2024 season. The 100% probability of the championship match, when the winning team of the first and second games reached the top, can also continue. On the contrary, Hyundai Capital, the "defending champion," will try to win for the second consecutive season after last season and also for the sixth time in his career. If the reverse sweep is successful, it can make the "0% miracle" that the losing teams in the first and second games have never achieved.
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