What a debut win against the same Brazilian coach. I'm happy about the new Korean Air coach's first victory. Since I won...
Sep 14, 2025
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Coach Henan Dal Zoto, who is in charge of Korean Air following Tilikainen, won his first Korean volleyball debut.
Korean Air won the set score 3-0 in the first Group B match against Woori Card in the 2025 Yeosu-NH Nonghyup Cup professional volleyball tournament held at Jinnam Indoor Gymnasium in Yeosu on the 14th.
The tournament, which was confused by the World Volleyball Federation's (FIVB) recommendation to suspend the tournament a day before the opening, was held after twists and turns, with FIVB deciding to resume it after conditional approval.
Under the terms of the FIVB, foreign players were not allowed to play, and even players included in the preliminary entry for the World Championship were not allowed to participate. In response, Korean Air was included in the preliminary list of outside heaters Jeong Han-yong and middle blocker Choi Jun-hyuk, who were assigned to the national team, and played without Jung Ji-seok, who came to Yeosu. Woori Card also failed to participate in the national team setter Han Tae-joon, outside heater Kim Ji-han, and middle blocker Lee Sang-hyun and Apogit spiker Kim Dong-young, who were included on the preliminary list.
As a result, players who had not seen well flew in the stadium. Korean Air's Kim Joon-ho and Lim Jae-young scored 12 points each, and Seo Hyun-il also scored 10.
Coach Henan said in the match, `I feel so good. It's a moment I've been really looking forward to and waiting for. I think I've been waiting for this"He didn't hide his expectations for the first game. Then "What we aim for is for all players to play at equal levels. "I don't think it's decided through one or two players, but I think everyone can be put in and help." coach Joto said "The emphasis was on physicality." This is to be able to hit hard on offense and serve through physical strength. In Korean volleyball, defense is the best in the world, so I thought there was only attack and serve to penetrate it" he said.
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He also expressed satisfaction with the aggressive play he talked about before the game. Manager Henan said "The serve and the attack were good. "I want to appreciate that our players made mistakes when they attacked and served, but did not lose their composure at important moments," he said.
Kim Kyu-min also hit a spike serve, perhaps because of Henan's emphasis on serving.
Director Henan specifically spoke to Kim Kyu-min. The middle blocker said the importance of playing spike serve, and I recommended it because I thought Kim Kyu-min's touch was good enough."
Three Brazilian coaches, including Woori Card's Mauricio Paes and KB Insurance's Afonso, took the helm of the men's division due to Henan.
Henan said, "Brazilian directors are communicating a lot with each other." But instead, they have to rush to kill him on the court"He brought out a sense of competition that he was never willing to lose.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
