'Young blood cards worked&blocking 16 points'Defending Champion Strong' Korean Air wins its first opening game by catching OK Savings Bank
Oct 19, 2024
|
Korean Air won the men's opening match against Dodram 2024-2025 V-League OK Savings Bank Etman at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 19th by 3-1 (24-26, 25-23, 25-10). Korean Air earned three points along with its first win of the season, while OK Savings Bank lost its first game.
Korean Air, which won its fourth consecutive integrated title for the first time in history, faced this season without much change in its power. 'Special Foreigner'Yosvani joined Korean Air for the first time in four years, showing a little better attack. Yosvani scored 19 points and scored 50% of his attack success rate on the day, showing a perfect meltdown.
OK Savings Bank boasted its organizational power that became a little stronger as manager Ogino Masayoshi entered his second year. Coach Ogino `practiced a lot. He is in his second year as a director. I am happy to play at OK Savings Bank. The opponent, Korean Air, was last year's champion. I think I need to get good results that I practiced with the thought of challenging myself" he said.
Neither team was 100%. Korean Air is in a difficult situation to attack Jung Ji-seok due to a partial fatigue fracture in his shin. First of all, it's the season with Libero. In OK Savings Bank, the physical condition of Lee Min-kyu, the main setter, became a variable. Coach Ogino said "It's not complete. It starts from the bench. Park Tae-sung will start."
|
Korean Air led the attack with Yosvati's 10-point attack success rate of 47.62%, but the attack was hardly resolved as the support from domestic players was not followed.
In the end, it was a game for deuce. OK Savings Bank's foreign player card hit the mark. Following Luco's open score at 24-24, Ki Sung-long blocked Yosvani's quick-open attack, leading to a first-set victory.
In the second set as well, Korean Air threw an early match amid the seesaw game. Without Kwak Seung-seok, Jeong Han-yong was put in, and setter also put Yoo Kwang-woo in Han. The mood reversal effect was good. Lee Joon, who slowed down with a attack success rate of 28.57 percent in the first set, scored nine points and hit 80 percent. In the end, Josbani's quick open success at 24-23 brought the game back to square one.
|
|
The match was tight again in the fourth set. Korean Air earned three points. A young Korean Air player once again became a troubleshooter. At 13-12, Kim Min-jae took the lead with an opponent's mistake after a quick attack. Song Hee-chae's quick open and Lucconi's serve scored a point apart, but Yosvani and Jeong Han-yong continued to score. OK Savings Bank's last chase was also formidable. Lucconi's score, Park Tae-sung's blocking, and the opponent's net touch were combined to follow the lead again to a point difference. However, Korean Air completely cut off OK Savings Bank's pursuit flow with Lee Joon's blocking at 22-20.
bellstop@sportschosun.com
