'You without outsiders, you will win no matter what'KB, Korea Electric Power Corporation caught again...2 wins of this season

Nov 17, 2024

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KB Insurance has won its second victory of the season. It is two wins against KEPCO alone.

KB Insurance won the set score 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-19, 25-19) against KEPCO in the second round of the 2024-2025 Dodram V League men's showdown at Suwon Indoor Gymnasium on the 17th.

With this victory, KB Insurance secured its second victory of the season. Coincidentally, the first victory was against KEPCO in the first round. KEPCO, which had won five consecutive games at the time, caused a stir by beating powerhouse Hyundai Capital before meeting KB Insurance, and was shut out by KB Insurance after failing to overcome the bad news that the last foreign main gun, Elian, left the game due to injury. KB Insurance led setter Hwang Taek-ui, who was discharged from Sangmu, to return and win just in time for this game.

Kwon Young-min, the coach of KEPCO, who lost two consecutive games after five consecutive wins, made a determination not to lose the second meeting. Coach Kwon stressed to the players that `We lost in the first round, so let's win today. Nothing has changed particularly just because there are no foreign players. We prepared the same thing", showing confidence.

That confidence seemed to be revealed as it was in the first set. In a close game in the second half of the set, Koo Kyo-hyuk's performance as a pinch hitter for Elian and Shin Young-seok's strong serve brought the first set to 25-21.

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From the second set, both teams played a lot of ups and downs. No one took the lead in a situation where they could take the victory with a little concentration. He led by three to four points and allowed the game to be tied and reversed repeatedly.

The watershed is in the second half of the set. Korea Electric Power Corp., which was on the verge of losing 21-24 due to Lim Sung-jin's consecutive mistakes, chased under the chin with Kim Dong-young, who was replaced for serve, recording consecutive serve aces, but failed to prevent the last Villena's rear attack and gave up two sets. If KEPCO had grabbed the second set, it would have completely taken the atmosphere, but KB Insurance took the second set and became a mixed bag.

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From here, the difference between having and not having foreign players began to appear. KB Insurance did not give up the flow to the opponent by scoring the main gun Villena whenever it was difficult. Korea Electric Power Corp. seemed to change the atmosphere by scoring important points at every crisis that Yoon Ha-joon, a high school graduate who appeared due to Seo Jae-deok's injury, but Lim Sung-jin continued to block at the crisis and gave KB Insurance its flow. I had to cry at the absence of an apogit-spiker position to hit me hot at the hump. At the end of the set, KB Insurance's Park Sang-ha's consecutive blocking was the decisive shot.

The fourth set was Villena's. Whether he was fully warmed up, he bombed his opponent's court from the right in a row. After the third set, KEPCO players lost their fighting spirit, and coach Kwon also called in the main players early. The fourth set ended easily with KB Insurance's unilateral lead.

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'You without outsiders, you will win no matter what'KB, Korea Electric Power Corporation caught again...2 wins of this season

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