The first foreign manager confrontation took place in professional volleyball.
Korean Air beat OK Financial Group to a set score of 3-2 (25-21 21-25 24- 26 25-21 15-9).
Korean Air, who won two consecutive victories, confirmed their advance to the semifinals regardless of the result of the third game. In the cup competition, the 1st and 2nd places in Groups A and B, each divided into 4 teams, advance to the semifinals.
OK Financial Group, which changed its command tower, was good until the third set…
The match drew more attention with the showdown between Korean Air coach Tommy Tilikainen and OK Financial Group coach Ogino Massage. This season was the first time that two or more foreign coaches took the helm in the men’s and women’s professional volleyball teams at the same time, and the first match was held at the cup competition.
Korean Air, the “men’s champion,” won the first set, and the battle continued until the middle of the set, but Korean Air ran away with Lee Soo-hwang’s quick attack and Kwak Seung-seok’s open attack.
However, OK Financial Group did not easily back down. OK Financial Group, which failed to advance to the V-League postseason last season, broke up with coach Seok Jin-wook and recruited Japanese professional volleyball “Legend” Ogino, showed a different appearance from the second set.
OK Financial Group, which took the lead with Cha Ji-hwan’s consecutive goals, Lee Jin-sung, and Jeon Byung-sun’s bold quick opening, kept it to the end and won the second set.
The third set was fierce. OK Financial, which took the lead until the middle of the set this time, allowed a 24-24 deuce due to a series of errors. However, Park Won-bin’s serve ace exploded and set points exploded, and Shin Shin-jin’s open attack succeeded and reversed the set score.
Korean Air’s 2nd consecutive win without the main players…Lee Jun, “Pulp Pearl”
Although they succeeded in reversing, OK Financial Group suffered a lot of bleeding as Apposite Spiker Jeon Byung-seon, who led the attack by scoring 14 points until the 3rd set, injured his ankle during the game and was replaced.
Korean Air broke into this gap. It poured attacks on OK Financial Group, whose organizational power collapsed, and reached 20 points first. After steadily accumulating points, OK Financial Group came out to the sub room and took the 4th set.
Destiny’s 5th set was bland, contrary to expectations. Korean Air immediately made a 12-6 ‘double score’ with Jin Ji-wi and Cho Jae-young’s blocking and Kwak Seung-seok’s open attack. On the other hand, OK Financial Group committed as many as 6 offenses in the 5th set alone, including Shin Shin’s rearguard attack leaving the court.
Korean Air, who took the match point with Lee Joon’s consecutive goals, ended the full-set battle with Lee Soo-hwang blocking Cha Ji-hwan’s attack. With this, coach Tillikainen, who has been in his 3rd year in Korea, defeated the ‘newcomer’ coach Ogino and won the first foreign head coaching match ever.
Although Korean Air’s key players such as Jung Ji-seok, Lim Dong-hyuk, and Kim Min-jae were selected for the national team, they showed off their solid power by running a winning streak. In particular, Lee Joon, born in 1999, who is considered a next-generation striker, filled the void left by his older brothers by scoring 22 points, the most in the team.
In OK Financial Group, Cha Ji-hwan scored the most points among both teams with 26 points, and Shin Ho-jin, Lee Jin-seong, and Park Won-bin also scored double-digit points, but they could not exceed Korean Air’s skillfulness in the game.
Meanwhile, in another game that day, Woori Card won a ‘shutout’ victory over KB Insurance with a set score of 3-0 (25-19 25-19 25-19). Woori Card, who lost to Korean Air in the first game, saved the fire to advance to the semifinals by winning one that day.
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