2313 → 2423 Pepper on the back...At times like this, Minkyung said something

Dec 22, 2024

2313 → 2423 Pepper on the back...At times like this, Minkyung said something
Kim Ho-chul, director of IBK Industrial Bank. Photo courtesy =KOVO



"I used up the operation time, changed the players, and in that case, (Hwang) Minkyung can do it by urging the juniors to be okay, but that's too bad."

IBK Industrial Bank of Korea coach Kim Ho-chul said only one thing, even though he was relieved by the sweat and tears. Veteran Hwang Min-kyung asked him to do his job as a spiritual support for his younger brothers.

IBK Industrial Bank won two consecutive games by winning set score 3-1 (26-24, 25-22, 20-25, 25-23) in the third round match against Dodram 2024-2025 V-League Women's Pepper Savings Bank at Pepper Stadium in Gwangju on the 22nd. In each set, they played a close game and had a high level of fatigue. Pepper Savings Bank, which challenged for its sixth win of the season, the most since its foundation, was great.




IBK Industrial Bank seemed to easily win the last four sets. Immediately after Pepper Savings Bank took the third set, there was a problem of decreased concentration, and IBK Industrial Bank Hwang Min-kyung and Choi Jung-min broke down the opponent's receiving with strong serve from the beginning. Thanks to this, he was leading 23-13 far, only looking at who would be responsible for the last attack.

I was suddenly dragged around by Pepper Savings Bank here. As the score gap widened, Pepper Savings Bank changed the atmosphere by putting Park Eun-seo instead of Park Jung-ah, an outside heater, and Park Soo-bin instead of Dr. Setter. After breaking the flow to 14-23 thanks to Park Eun-seo's open attack, Apogit spiker Taylor Preccano shook the IBK Industrial Bank's receiving line as a sub and immediately followed it to 23-20.

IBK Industrial Bank of Korea players were literally running wild. Coach Kim could not cut off Taylor's sub-time because he had already used up his operation time and could not replace the players. In the end, the players had to find a breakthrough on their own, but Taylor's serve mistake made it 24-20.




2313 → 2423 Pepper on the back...At times like this, Minkyung said something
IBK Industrial Bank Hwang Min-kyung. Photo courtesy =KOVO
2313 → 2423 Pepper on the back...At times like this, Minkyung said something
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea players. Photo courtesy =KOVO
Another solver did not come out of the last point fight. After Victoria Danchak's attack was caught in the net and lost a point, Pepper Savings Bank Lee Han-bi succeeded in two consecutive open attacks and was chased to 24-23. In the biggest crisis that will give up not only the set but also the game, Yuk Seo-young scored the 25th point with a quick open, ending the game with a hard time. After the game, Pepper Savings Bank players were applauded and cheered by the home crowd despite the defeat, and IBK Industrial Bank players were busy breathing hard.

Director Kim said, `It can happen if you do it.' All of a sudden, everything goes well for the opponent, and all of a sudden, we don't. It's a shame that (Hwang) Minkyung should be able to do it by urging his juniors to be okay in the middle as he used all the operation time and replaced the players. It must have been all over the place at that moment. I think it's possible, but it's important to win without handing over the game."

Mid-blocker Lee Ju-ah was in a lot of confusion as he reflected on the complicated fourth set situation. They said let's do one between the players, and the coach also said let's turn one around. Fortunately, it seems that the result of turning one around led to victory."




Coach Kim was relieved of his victory, but he should reduce his mistakes. If I have a little time to spare, I don't do what I used to do during practice and keep doing wrong things, and I make mistakes. If there is that much (score) difference today (22nd), it may be because I think it will be over if I do one. We should reduce our blame a little bit. In order for the team to become solid while continuing to play, we need to change that little by little," he stressed.

Pepper Savings Bank coach Jang Ji-yeon strongly praised the players for not giving up until the end. Coach Jang said, `We played really well in every set. It is a little regrettable that the disappointing section continued to come out, but even if I lost, the score difference in the last set was like that, but the players developed and were able to see their will to lead to the fifth set by catching up a lot. I want to compliment you on that" he said.

2313 → 2423 Pepper on the back...At times like this, Minkyung said something
Pepper Savings Bank players. Photo courtesy =KOVO




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