Woori Card’s 4th Consecutive Win… Retake First Place in Men’s Volleyball in One Day
Mattei wins 2 games in a row despite being out for the season due to ankle injury
Professional volleyball Woori Card regained first place in the men’s division in just one day.
Woori Card won against Hyundai Capital with a set score of 3-0 (25-23 25-22 25-13) in the Dodram 2023-2024 V-League men’s home game held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 12th.
Woori Card, which lost first place to Korean Air (17 wins, 11 losses, 53 points) the day before, recorded its 19th win (9 losses) of the season and regained the top of the leaderboard with 55 points.
They also succeeded in continuing their recent 4-game winning streak. 파워볼
On the 9th, Woori Card’s foreign striker Matei Kok (registered name Matei) injured his ankle during training and was out for the season.
Despite the absence of foreign players, Woori Card even defeated Hyundai Capital, a difficult opponent, following the OK Financial Group match on the 10th (3-2 win).
Woori Card showed even performance from players such as Han Seong-jeong (13 points), Issei Otake (registered name Issei, 12 points), and Song Myeong-geun (11 points).
It was a valuable victory achieved even though Kim Ji-han, who was supposed to be the main gun, faltered somewhat with 7 points.
Hyundai Capital fought back with foreign main gun Ahmed Ikhbairi (registered name Ahmed) scoring 15 points and Heo Soo-bong scoring 14 points, but they were held back by mistakes.
Hyundai Capital had a total of 22 breaches, more than four times more than Woori Card, which had only 5.
In the first set, Woori Card led 21-18, but allowed Cha Young-seok to score on a fast break and Heo Soo-bong and Kim Myeong-gwan to score on blocking, tying the score.
After repeatedly making strides and reaching 23-23, Song Myung-geun’s quick open and Kim Ji-han’s open attack gave them two points in a row to take the first set.
The second set was tied at 18-19, but Song Myung-geun scored three consecutive points with two blocks to make it 22-19, effectively splitting the game.
Hyundai Capital trailed to 22-21, but committed suicide with two consecutive errors.
Woori Card easily received the white flag by pushing Hyundai Capital, who had lost their fighting spirit, to 25-13 in the third set.