The pain of the championship match → Losing the opening game without Kim Yeon-kyung...I don't feel like I'm the head coach who breathed a deep sigh

Oct 18, 2025

The pain of the championship match → Losing the opening game without Kim Yeon-kyung...I don't feel like I'm the head coach who breathed a deep sigh
Photo courtesy=KOVO



The pain of the championship match → Losing the opening game without Kim Yeon-kyung...I don't feel like I'm the head coach who breathed a deep sigh
Photo courtesy=KOVO
"Because it's still the first game (breathing). I'm not playing as well as I thought."

Coach Ko Hee-jin of Jeong Kwan-jang reflected on the pain of losing the opening game.

Jeong Kwan-jang lost the set score 1-3 in the women's opening match of the V-League at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 18th.




The opening game was also lost in Samsan, where the pain of losing the final match of last season's championship game was severe. It is a bitter start to the season for head coach Ko Hee-jin.

He was hampered by chronic receiving anxiety throughout the game, and large and small mistakes piled up and eventually led to defeat. The watershed was the first set in which foreign player Zanete scored 10 points and led the atmosphere. He lost 24-24 with consecutive errors. After that, he was dragged by his opponent and eventually lost.

The pain of the championship match → Losing the opening game without Kim Yeon-kyung...I don't feel like I'm the head coach who breathed a deep sigh
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Coach Ko Hee-jin, who met after the game, said "Janete did his part well. Overall, the players' performance was a bit weak. I think I need more time to work with my breathing. "Wouldn't the performance improve little by little?" he expressed regret.




Lee Sun-woo is the key player of this season, which has neither Mega nor Bukrich. However, time is needed for Wipawi in the Asian quarter, which was out for the season last year due to injury, to join. Before that, Park Hye-min should hold out well, and Lee Sun-woo should show more concentration. On this day, Lee Sun-woo scored 14 points, but recorded as many as nine mistakes, with an attack success rate of 35.7%.

Instead, rookie setter Choi Seo-hyun's performance, who made his debut, was not bad. It's only been about 10 days since Yeom Hye-sun and Kim Chae-na worked as the main players due to the injury. However, coach Ko Hee-jin praised the Young Player Award, saying, `It's worth looking forward to it as well.'

"You've done your part enough today. It was also good to use the center, and it was an impeccable game. I give him a passing point as a setter who will lead the season."




The pain of the championship match → Losing the opening game without Kim Yeon-kyung...I don't feel like I'm the head coach who breathed a deep sigh
Photo courtesy=KOVO
As for Lee Sun-woo's mistake in serve, "I've always emphasized serve since I was a men's volleyball coach, but I can't do it like I really do. I have no choice but to add more practice."

"After all, it's a fight for serve. All seven teams have players who are disappointed in receiving. Wouldn't the victory or defeat be determined by how to target it as a serve or how to connect unstable receptions. Today we didn't go our way."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.