Impressed to win his first win of the season, acting Shinhan Bank coach Lee Si-joon "I was emotional to see the director like it."
Nov 07, 2024
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Incheon Shinhan Bank finally won its first victory of the season amid a sudden change in the supervisory agency system. Shinhan Bank beat Yongin Samsung Life Insurance 66-58 in the home game of the 「Hana Bank 2024-2025 Women's Professional Basketball」 held at Dowon Gymnasium in Incheon on the afternoon of the 7th and harvested its first win after three consecutive losses. It was Shinhan Bank's 400th career victory. On the other hand, Samsung Life Insurance has lost four consecutive games.
Shinhan Bank went through a big deal ahead of the game. The club announced earlier in the day that it would set up a season under coach Lee Si-joon's coaching system as Gunathan left due to sudden deterioration in health. The coaching staff and players were deeply saddened by the news of the coach's illness. But it was not eroded by grief. After overcoming his heartbreak, he stood up and showed gritty hustle play in the game to win the game in a professional manner.
After the victory, acting head coach Lee Si-joon said "I wonder what it would have been like if he had been like this a little more when the head coach was around. We still show a lot of frustration in attack, but our willingness to win was well shown through defense. He showed his passion to win well to each player. Samsung Life Insurance must have been desperate to win, but I think coach Guna-dan's situation has led to more cohesion of our players."
I had to quickly deliver the news of my first win of the season to coach Gunathan. Acting head coach Lee said, "After the game, I immediately made a video call with head coach Koo in the locker room to announce the victory.""He came to see the doctor today, and he was so happy that we won and he was so happy that he cried a lot." So did the players."
Then "I think it's a relief to show you a good performance. To be honest, I was so worried that I might lose helplessly today. The atmosphere was not set at all, and the players also had a lot of exhaustion from crying. So I was so worried, but the players played well. Coach Koo also said that he did well and that he did a good job. He said he shared his first win with coach Koo.
Incheon = Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
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