Apologizing, 5 consecutive wins + 1st place, Jung Ji-seok is crazy...Korean Air Overcomes Hyundai Capital
Nov 16, 2025
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Korean Air came from behind to win against Hyundai Capital (26-24, 22-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-7) in the second round of the 'Jin Air 2025-2026 season V-League Men's Division' held at Cheonan Yoo Gwan-soon Gymnasium on the 16th. Korean Air secured two points and recaptured the top spot with 6 wins and 1 loss and 17 points in the season.
Hyundai Capital, ranked third, suffered a serious internal injury after losing two consecutive full-set games. He secured one point and recorded four wins and three losses and 13 points.
Korean Air Captain Jung Ji-seok showed his attack power to overwhelm foreign strikers. He was responsible for 27 points, the most in both teams, including three blocks and two serves. Russell scored 22 points, Jeong Han-yong scored 12 points, and Kim Kyu-min added 11 points.
Hyundai Capital scored 24 points for Leo, 19 points for Heo Soo-bong, and 14 points for Shin Ho-jin, but it was not enough to prevent Korean Air.
It was fierce from the first set as a showdown between strong teams. Hyundai Capital's Leo and Heo Soo-bong, and Korean Air's Russell and Jung Ji-seok launched an onslaught, playing a close game of 24-24 deuce. Russell's back attack was successful to make it 25-24, and Russell blocked Leo's open attack to take the set 26-24.
The second set was the flow of Hyundai Capital. At 10-10, Shin Ho-jin's back attack, Jung Ji-seok's attack error, and Leo's open attack widened the distance to 10-13. Jung Ji-seok's serve ace burst at 21-23 and narrowed it to 22-23, but Shin Ho-jin broke the flow to the quick open to take the set point. Shin Ho-jin then burst the serve ace to end the set 22-25.
The controversial decision was made in the third set, which is the outcome of the match. With Korean Air leading 20-19, Korean Air's Kim Kyu-min seemed to succeed in the fast attack. The ball bounced wide off the head of Hyundai Capital's Jinyoung Kim, who tried to block, and it immediately went over to the stands. It was a ball that Hyundai Capital players could not chase, and no player actually chased it.
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Good faith soon led to a loss. Hyundai Capital applied for a video reading, saying Kim Kyu-min touched the net in the process of reaching under the net to apologize before the ball completely fell into the stands and became a boulder. As a result of the video reading, net touches were recognized, and the situation, which should be 21-19, changed to 20-20.
Korean Air coach Henan expressed his anger. "This is not fair play" he raised his voice.
The umpires were not bowled outHe repeatedly explained that he did not accept Korean Air's protest, and Henan received a yellow card. It was an absurd mistake.
Here, the economic atmosphere has completely shifted to Hyundai Capital. Leo blocked Russell's back attack to make it 20-21, and at 22-22, Choi Min-ho blocked Jung Ji-seok's back attack to make it 22-23. Since then, the set ended 22-25 with consecutive offense errors by Korean Air's Lim Jae-young and Russell.
Korean Air brought the game to square one by taking four sets. In 19-19, Jung Ji-seok succeeded in two consecutive open attacks, leading to a 21-19 run. At 21-20, Kim Kyu-min's fastball burst, and Heo Soo-bong blocked Russell's attack and touched the net to run to 23-20. Jung Ji-seok took the set point as he blocked Shin Ki-jin's quick-offin, and Hyundai Capital Lee Si-woo's serve error came out at 24-21.
Korean Air caught the important early flow of the fifth set. Captain Jung Ji-seok flew. From the start, he succeeded in three consecutive attacks to give him a 3-0 lead, and Russell made it 4-0 until Leo's attack. At 6-2, Kim Min-jae also blocked Leo's attack, completely blocking Hyundai Capital's attack route. With Russell joining, Korean Air widened the gap, and at 12-5, Kim Kyu-min blocked Shin Ho-jin's back attack to run to 13-5, completely breaking Hyundai Capital's willingness to chase.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
