'Will Men's Pawn' Center of the Topic, Yamato and Shock for 2 consecutive years...What's the fate of KEPCO?
Sep 25, 2024
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What will happen to KEPCO's fate after choosing an ambitious challenge.
A de facto exhibition game ahead of the new season. At the 2024 Tongyeong Dodramcom Professional Volleyball Championship (hereinafter referred to as the Cup), KEPCO lost its second consecutive group stage. In the first match against Sangmu, he suffered a set-score 1-3 shock loss, and in the match against Woori Card on the 24th, he suffered a 0-3 shutdown loss.
KEPCO chose a big change ahead of the new season. First, I chose a foreign player as Elian. Liberozin also switched to young players. The most important thing is the setter. With Ha Seung-woo's enlistment and Kim Kwang-guk's retirement, he turned to the Asian quarter because he did not have the right setter resources. I joined hands with Japanese setter Yamato. Since it was a card selected by Kwon Young-min, a former manager from Specifier, attention was paid to Yamato's performance even before the cup competition.
Ahead of Yamato's Korean debut match against Sangmu, Kwon said, `I'm from the setter. have all the temperament of the setter. You just have to do as much as you can."
The beginning of the actual game? His witty toss and shrewd ball processing drew attention. He also caught the opponent off guard with three consecutive fastballs. Hwang Taek-ui, the national team setter who was the opponent, also gave a thumbs-up, saying, `It's very fast to get the ball out of your hands.'
However, as the game did not go well from the second set, the toss was concentrated only on foreign player Elian. Coach Kwon explained, `As Seo Jae-deok and Lim Sung-jin did not score, Yamato also seemed to have a toss in frustration.'
After the first game, I expected to get better in terms of breathing with the players. But the result was a 0-3 complete defeat. Of course, it collapsed at the end of the set, but the players' movements were better than the match against Sangmu. It was certainly regrettable that he suffered a shutdown defeat even though he overwhelmed his opponent 13-4 in blocking.
Elian played his part with 30 points in the first game and 25 points in the second game. So what was the problem. You can't put all the blame solely on the setter. Some say that other players may not be able to handle Yamato's high-quality toss properly. Last season's women's division, IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, Phonpoon, did. Industrial Bank of Korea had a hard time in the early part of the season as domestic players could not keep up with Phonepoon's fast toss.
After all, it's about how fast you work together. If it is not a matter of player's ability, it seems urgent to build trust and work together ahead of the opening of the regular league.
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