Director Kwon Young-min, who was hit by the director of the 'Vaccination shot that hurt so much'..."Lim Seong-jin's waist..."
Sep 22, 2024
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KEPCO and head coach Kwon Young-min received too strong vaccinations ahead of the season's opening.
Korea Electric Power Corp. lost a set score of 1-3 in the first group match of the 2024 Tongyeong Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Championship held at Tongyeong Gymnasium on the 22nd.
Except for setter Hwang Taek-ui, not many people expected that full-power KEPCO would collapse like this in the face of Sangmu, who has no foreign players and not many main players.
Korea Electric Power Corp. struggled hard with the new foreign player Elia alone, scoring 30 points, but failed to cope with Sangmu's strong defense and organized volleyball and suffered a complete defeat. Yamato, the ambitious Asian quarter setter, also failed to show any significant performance in the first game.
Coach Kwon said after the game that Lim Sung-jin returned from a back injury in the national team. Since then, I have hardly been able to exercise. I thought about whether to let him play in the cup or not, but I thought the best player should work together, so I participated. However, the setter Yamato seemed frustrated as the attack was not coming out. It was hard for Elia to play volleyball alone. Our serve was weak, and the opponent easily solved the attack when a good setter named Hwang Taek-ui received. Our players didn't perform as well as I knew. We need to work together more" explained the defeat.
Coach Kwon said of Yamato's debut game "Lim Sung-jin and Seo Jae-deok did not score points, so Elia had a toss." We're a team that picks up attacks, but other strikers have low success rates, so we had to be driven by Elia" he evaluated.
Coach Kwon said of Elia, `It could have been physically difficult, and there were some scenes where I couldn't work well with the setter. But it's getting better since I came to Korea. If you practice, you'll get better."
Finally, about being hit by Sangmu "I was worried because all the Sangmu players were professional players. We are in a stage where the four main players are changed and matched. If I had won by managing the score in the second set, I would have gone easily, but it was a big hit by handing over the second set. If we work together in the future, it will get better and better."
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