Seoul Metropolitan Government defeats Gwangju City Corporation to stay in 3rd place
Seoul Metropolitan Government defeats Gwangju City Corporation to stay in third place.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government defeated Gwangju City Corporation 30-27 on Wednesday in the third game of the third round of the Shinhan SOL Pay 23-24 Handball H League Women's Division at SK Hawks Arena in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Chungcheong Province.
With the win, the Seoul Metropolitan Government remained in third place with 11 wins, one draw and five losses and 23 points, four points behind fourth-place Samcheok City Hall. Gwangju City Corporation, which lost its third straight game, remained in sixth place with 11 points from five wins, one draw and 11 losses.
The first half belonged to Gwangju City Corporation. Gwangju took a 4-1 lead as Seoul City Hall went scoreless for five minutes. A goal by Yoon Ye-jin brought the score to 5-4.
Gwangju City Corporation utilized the wing play of both Seo A-roo and Kim Soo-min to score goals, while Seoul Metropolitan Government attacked wide and scored evenly to take a 10-9 lead.
Seoul Metropolitan Government took the lead with shots from Cho Aram and Cho Soo-jin, while Gwangju City Corporation responded with goals from Kim Ji-hyun and Seo A-roo. Seoul Metropolitan Government ended the first half with a 15-14 lead.
At the beginning of the second half, Gwangju City Corporation's mistake led to a quick attack by Seoul Metropolitan Government, which scored four 먹튀검증 goals in a row to take a 20-16 lead.
Gwangju found it difficult to break through the Seoul Metropolitan Government's defense, and even when they did, the finishing was not good as they were blocked by goalkeeper Jung Jin-hee. When the center was blocked, Seoul Metropolitan Government was able to open up the wings and score to extend their lead to seven points, 27-20.
Gwangju Urban Corporation closed the gap, but it wasn't enough to catch up with the GWG, which eventually won the match 30-27.
The offense was led by Cho Su-yeon with seven goals and Yoon Ye-jin with six, while goalkeeper Jung Jin-hee made 11 saves.
Gwangju City Corporation was led offensively by Seo A-roo with nine goals and Kim Ji-hyun with eight, while goalkeeper Park Jo-eun made seven saves. Seo became the 29th player in history to reach 500 goals.
"We lost the last game, so we practiced to raise our spirits and cheered each other up, and I think that's why we won today," said Cho Soo-yeon of Seoul Metropolitan Government, who was named MVP of the match. "Now that I'm back from injury, I'll show good form in the remaining games, so please support me until the end."