Korean Air, supported by the left and right wings of Lim Dong-hyuk and Espejo Mark (registered name Espejo), sacrificed Hyundai Capital and jumped to second place in men’s volleyball.Korean Air won against Hyundai Capital with a set score of 3-0 (26-24 25-17 25-16) in the Dodram 2023-2024 V League home game held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 17th.Korean Air, with two consecutive wins, conquered the 10-win (6-loss) mark for the third time in the league and regained second place in the league with 31 points.The gap with the leader Woori Card (12 wins, 4 losses, 34 points) is 3 points. Korean Air won 3-0 in all three games against Hyundai Capital this season, maintaining a natural enemy relationship.Korean Air Espejo, who set a personal high scoring record with 19 points in the Korea Electric Power Company match on the 13th, scored 16 points on this day as well, scoring two consecutive games.Espejo, who is from the Philippines and joined Korean Air as an Asia Quarter player, showed impressive skills by participating in the game as a starter in place of the team’s main outside hitters such as Ji-seok Jeong and Han-yong Jeong.In addition, Apogee spiker Lim Dong-hyuk, who took the place of Lincoln Williams (registered name Lincoln), who had not played a single game this month due to injury, also scored 17 points, the most for both teams.Korean Air had a significant lead in blocking scores, 15-3, and, thanks to one player’s game coordination, overwhelmed the opponent with a team attack success rate of 53.84%.
In the first set, Korean Air made a thrilling comeback from the brink of defeat and succeeded in taking the lead.At 21-24, Korean Air, which was pushed to the brink with a set point, made a deuce thanks to Lim Dong-hyuk’s rearguard attack, Han player’s blocking that blocked Hong Dong-seon’s attack, and Hyundai Capital’s Ahmed Ikhbairi (registered name: Ahmed)’s attack error.At deuce, Hyundai Capital’s Choi Min-ho’s fast attack went off the line, and Ahmed’s rearguard attack went off the end line, so Korean Air ended the first set with five consecutive points.In the second set, Espejo scored 6 points alone, and Donghyuk Lim also contributed 5 points.In addition, Cho Jae-young and Kim Gyu-min were responsible for two blocking goals each, completely tying the hands of Hyundai Capital’s main gun, Ahmed.Hyundai Capital coach Choi Tae-woong scolded his players so loudly that even the press box could hear them during strategy time in the middle of the second set, but it was no use.In the end, Korean Air turned the game around by scoring 5 consecutive points in the middle of the 3rd set and achieved victory without losing the advantage even once.At 10-13, Kwak Seung-seok’s quick open, Espejo’s rear attack, and Kim Gyu-min’s blocking tied the score, and then Kim Gyu-min scored twice in a row to widen the score to 15-13.At 18-16, Kim Gyu-min led the team to the 20-point mark with a fast break and serve, and Espejo and Han Seon-su continued to score consecutive 온라인카지노 blocking goals, effectively putting an end to the game.