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| Korean Air's Yosvani, No. 1 solo Hyundai Capital Leo, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's Maksim who succeeded in re-employment. |
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| Korean Air's Yosvani is finally back. Jangchung = Reporter Jung Jae-geun |
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| Hyundai Capital Leo, who entered the top spot. Ansan = Reporter Park Jae-man |
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The ranking of the men's team in the V League in the second half depends on the shoulders of foreign players.
Hyundai Capital is holding on to Leo, who has maintained his No. 1 position by winning nine consecutive games at the end of the first half. Korean Air, which is ranking second due to injury, has been waiting for the ace for more than two months even though it picked Yosvani with a 3.57% chance. The V-League is foreshadowing fierce competition from the start of the second half, from the fifth-ranked Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which terminated its contract with Grosdanov, who was in a slump aiming for more than spring volleyball and recruited Maxim, who won last season's championship game.
Hyundai Capital is aiming to win the title for the first time in five years since the 2019 season. Leo's performance, who joined the team ahead of this season, is a great boost. Leo from Cuba made his V-League debut in the 2012 season wearing the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance uniform. Leo's spike, which is 207cm tall and has power, was hard to prevent. Leo, who became a top player at the same time as his V-League debut, has been named regular league MVP for three consecutive years. Leo, who has grown into a top V-League player, played in Turkiye, Lebanon, China, and the United Arab Emirates leagues based on the V-League.
Leo, who returned to the V-League after eight years ahead of the 2021 season, showed his rusty skills. Leo, who played in several leagues and gained experience, played the game with a skillful play.
Last season, Leo advanced OK Savings Bank to the championship game for the first time in eight years with his outstanding performance, but he remained in second place. Leo was again named regular league MVP in eight years, showing that age is just a number.
Ahead of this season, Leo failed to renew his contract against everyone's expectations. Coach Ogino gave up Leo, who didn't fit the style of volleyball he was pursuing. When regular league MVP Leo came to the market, Hyundai Capital moved quickly. Hyundai Capital, which succeeded in strengthening its power by recruiting Leo, secured its No. 1 position by finishing 18 games with 16 wins, 2 losses and 46 points in the first half.
Leo played in 18 games in the first half and scored 367 points, ranking second in this part and with a 55.29% attack success rate. Hyundai Capital, which Leo holds out for the first time as a foreign player to achieve a career record of 6,000 points, will face OK Savings Bank for the first time in the second half of the year at its home Cheonan on the 7th.
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Korean Air has won four consecutive games until last season. Yosvani, a highly anticipated foreign player, suffered from an injury early in the season. Expectations were high for Yosvani, who was selected with 3.57% probability in the foreign player tryout, but instead of Yosvani, who left early in the season due to a ruptured shoulder joint rotator cuff, Korean Air recruited Maxim, who won last season, as an alternative foreign player.
The risk of Korean Air, which won five consecutive games after joining Maxim, was also a foreign player. The team was shaken when Maxim fell into a slump. Korean Air, which finished the first half with three consecutive losses, decided to rejoin Yosvani, who has recovered from injury, to chase No. 1 Hyundai Capital (10 points difference).
Korean Air's fifth consecutive victory over Yosvani, a foreign player who returned from injury, was followed.
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| Korean Air's 5th consecutive loss on Yosvani's shoulder, back from injury. Suwon = Reporter Heo Sang-wook |
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Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which boldly recruited Maxim, who won the championship game last season, will also fight back in the second half. This season, which started by recruiting Mattei, who played for Woori Card last season. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance also had a headache from the injury of foreign players. When Mattei fell out due to a knee injury, Bulgarian Grosdanov was recruited as a substitute, but the expected effect was not achieved properly. Grosdanov showed a 180-degree different performance on days that went well and days that didn't. Paisley, who was selected in the Asian quarter, lasted the first half of the year, serving as the main gun.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which finished the first half with 6 wins, 12 losses and 23 points, terminated its contract with Grosdanov before entering the second half, aiming for more than fourth place, the spring volleyball Maginot line, and recruited Maxim, who played for Korean Air.
Maxim, who won the championship game last season, is an apogit spiker who uses 203cm tall height to make high RBIs and strong serve. If Maxim plays his role with Paisley, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance can also aim for more than just spring volleyball.
The second half of the V-League, which includes Hyundai Capital Leo, who is a reliable player, Korean Air Yosvani, who returned from injury, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's Maxim, who won last season, predicted fierce competition for rankings.
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| Maksim, who won the championship game last season, succeeded in re-employment as Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance at Korean Air. |
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| foreign player Leo | who led Hyundai Capital in the first half of the year
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| News on the last Kiyosvani joining for the 5th consecutive defeat. Suwon = Reporter Heo Sang-wook |
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| Maksim, the winner of Korean Air, will wear Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's uniform from the second half of the year and aim for spring volleyball. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
