![[서울신문] Lee Sang-yeol, director of KB Insurance “The first shock like today”](https://img.seoul.co.kr/img/upload/2021/02/04/SSI_20210204104111.jpg "[서울신문] Lee Sang-yeol, director of KB Insurance “The first shock like today”")
▲ KB Insurance Manager Lee Sang-yeol is making a serious look during the match against Korean Air on the 3rd. KOVO provided
Professional volleyball coach Lee Sang-yeol of KB Insurance has ordered the players to fight and fight with a nasty reprimand. It was completely different from the way he complimented, encouraged, and hugged the players. On the 3rd, KB Insurance lost a complete defeat with a set score of 0-3 (19-25 14-25 17-25) in the V-League home game against Korean Air. ‘Marley Express’ Keita was missed due to a right thigh injury, but it was not the second place in the league. The content of the game was terrible.
Coach Lee said with a firm expression right after the game, “If you are going to play volleyball like today, you must stop. If you play like this without a sense of responsibility, it’s better for the fans to quit.” “It’s the first time I’ve been shocked like today while playing volleyball for 45 years,” he said. “All the responsibility lies with me, the manager, but the players have to think again.”
▲ KB Insurance’s Keita, who successfully spiked in the match against OK Financial Group on the 30th of last month, performs a ceremony wearing a shirt with the words’I am the King’. KOVO provided
The coach, who urged the players to decide, apologized for the fall. Even without Keita, he couldn’t show the skills to show. The coach, who called for the time of operation as the players were so frequent, said, “There is no problem except that Keita is missing,” but it was not enough. All three sets had less than 20 points, and there were no double-digit scorers.
Keita accounted for 54.3% of KB insurance attacks. The receive efficiency is 32.06%, the lowest in the league. Keita solved the uneasy ball and kept the top rank. The problem is that the fight for the top rankings is fierce for KB Insurance to play spring volleyball. The gap between the second place KB Insurance and the fifth place KEPCO is only 8 points. Director Lee’s reprimand is desperate because it is a structure in which the rankings are inevitably lowered if he does not sleep. The key to KB Insurance’s spring volleyball is how long domestic players will endure until Keita returns.
▲ KB Insurance Manager Lee Sang-yeol instructs players to play during the match against Korean Air on the 3rd. KOVO provided
Previously, on the 30th of last month, KITA complained of thigh pain the next day after the OK Financial Group game and was diagnosed with a partial rupture of about 1cm in the right thigh muscle. Just before the game, Lee said, “We have to watch the progress for about a week. If it is long, I would like to miss 3 weeks or 3 games,” he explained.
Ki-cheol Lee, Senior Reporter [email protected]