Grosdanov scored 27 points, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the opening game 3-1 over KB Insurance, the head coach resigned.

Oct 22, 2024

Grosdanov scored 27 points, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the opening game 3-1 over KB Insurance, the head coach resigned.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's Grosdanov is shooting a spike. Photo courtesy =KOVO
Grosdanov scored 27 points, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the opening game 3-1 over KB Insurance, the head coach resigned.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's parsley is shooting a spike. Photo courtesy =KOVO
Grosdanov scored 27 points, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the opening game 3-1 over KB Insurance, the head coach resigned.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's Kim Jung-ho is shooting a spike. Photo courtesy =KOVO
Grosdanov scored 27 points, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the opening game 3-1 over KB Insurance, the head coach resigned.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance coach Kim Sang-woo is directing the operation. Photo courtesy =KOVO
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance announced a strong start by winning the opening match.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. beat KB Insurance Co. 3-1 (25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 25-20) at home in the Dodram 2024-2025 V-League at Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon on the 22nd to secure its first win.

For Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, foreign player Grosdanov scored 27 points, the most for both teams. The attack success rate was also very good at 53.5%. Kim Jung-ho scored 11 points, Fazley scored 10, and Kim Joon-woo and Kim Woo-jin scored 9 points each to help Grosdanov.



KB Insurance, which started the opening game under acting coach Martin Blanco after Miguel Viera resigned the previous day due to health reasons, was supported by Hwang Kyung-min (15 points), Cha Young-seok (7 points), and Yoon Seo-jin (5 points), but it was not enough.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the first set. From the beginning, he took the lead with Grosdanov and Kim Jung-ho, and he solidified his victory by widening the gap.



In the first set alone, Grozdanov scored nine points with seven points, one block, and one serve ace, showing a clear ace.

Grosdanov scored 27 points, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the opening game 3-1 over KB Insurance, the head coach resigned.
KB Insurance Hwang Kyung-min is spiking. Photo courtesy =KOVO
Grosdanov scored 27 points, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the opening game 3-1 over KB Insurance, the head coach resigned.
KB Insurance Villena is spiking. Photo courtesy =KOVO
Grosdanov scored 27 points, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the opening game 3-1 over KB Insurance, the head coach resigned.
KB Insurance Acting Marting Director. Photo courtesy =KOVO
The second set was a close game. However, there was a last-minute difference in strength. Grosdanov's spike succeeded at 18-18, followed by Kim Jun-woo blocking Villena's spike to lead 20-18, and the flow was passed toward Samsung Fire. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which reached the set point with Kim Jung-ho's spike being touched out after a long rally at 23-21, led the set score 2-0 with a 25-21 victory due to Yoon Seo-jin's offensive error.



KB Insurance fought back in the third set. At 8-8, Yoon Seo-jin's spike and Hwang Kyung-min blocked Paisley, and KB Insurance continued to maintain the lead with a 10-8 lead. KB Insurance, which reached 24 points with Villena's back attack at 23-22, succeeded in winning the first set of the season with Yoon Seo-jin blocking Kim Joon-woo's fastball.

However, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance wrapped up the game in the fourth set. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance led from the beginning. Kim Woo-jin scored four points alone with a spike and a block to lead 7-2. KB Insurance chased Biyena, but Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance was close to winning by maintaining the gap between 21-15 with domestic players such as Son Tae-hoon, who was replaced by Kim Jung-ho. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which reached the match point due to Kim Jung-ho's back attack and Yoon Seo-jin's offense, finished the game with Grosdanov's back attack.



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