A foreign coach who took the helm instead of a coach with the flu. He said he would fight to the end without foreigners, but if he won the first set with a 0-3 defeat

Mar 09, 2025

A foreign coach who took the helm instead of a coach with the flu. He said he would fight to the end without foreigners, but if he won the first set with a 0-3 defeat
Korean Air coach Blair Benn is giving the players an operational order instead of coach Tilikainen, who took a break from the flu against Woori Card on the 9th. Photo courtesy =KOVO



A foreign coach who took the helm instead of a coach with the flu. He said he would fight to the end without foreigners, but if he won the first set with a 0-3 defeat
Korean Air's Jeong Han-yong is making a spike in the Woori Card match on the 9th. Photo courtesy =KOVO
A foreign coach who took the helm instead of a coach with the flu. He said he would fight to the end without foreigners, but if he won the first set with a 0-3 defeat
Korean Air's Jung Ji-seok is shooting a spike in Woori Card's battle on the 9th. Photo courtesy =KOVO
"I'll fight until the end"

The Korean Air-Woori Card match was held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 9th. It was the last match of the sixth round between the third and fourth places, but the tension was not high because Woori Card's elimination of spring volleyball was already confirmed.

Still, it was an important game for Korean Air. If he won and gained three points, he could rise to second place again, beating KB Insurance (63 points) with 64 points.




But the situation is the worst. Coach Tommy Tilikainen couldn't even come to the stadium because of the terrible flu. It was so severe that my voice couldn't even come out, so coach Blair Benn was forced to take the helm. Foreign player Yosvani was out for the season due to a knee injury, and the new Kyle Russell entered the country on the 8th, the previous day, and could play only after completing administrative procedures. Kim Kyu-min and Kim Min-jae, the main middle blockers, were also unable to play because they were not feeling well.

Still, Coach Ben said, `I don't have Tommy, but I'm going to be consistent and try to find as much fun and fun as I can"And I'll fight until the end."," he said, expressing his will to win.

Unfortunately, the result was 0-3 defeat.




The first set was disappointing. He led 24-23 due to the opponent's mistake, but unfortunately, the deuce continued and lost 32-34 due to the last mistake, and then the second and third sets went to a close game until the middle of the second and third sets, but lacked a sense of hindsight.

Coach Ben has not won as acting head coach The attack was so bad"If you had grabbed the first set, you could have gone with a different picture…"He was disappointed to lose the first set. After the first set was over, the players felt like they were hitting, so I kept pushing themCoach Benn said, `I also wonder what it would have been like if I had made a quick decision on the composition or selection of players.' The disappointing moments of his decision as an acting coach seemed to pass by.

Korean Air's middle blocker Cho Jae-young and Choi Jun-hyuk frequently launched mobile attacks on the same day. The success rate was also quite good, which seemed to be a good weapon for Korean Air.




Coach Ben responded, `The reason I used it was because I was actually not in a condition to make a back attack"But the good thing was that he didn't know how to float the opponent's block when he was one-footed. I think it could be our weapon in the future."

Korean Air will hold its last home game of the season against KEPCO on the 13th. Coach Tilikainen is expected to be able to return on this day.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.