[엑스포츠뉴스 인천, 조은혜 기자] Leading Korean Air defeated KB Insurance and added points after a full-set battle.
Korean Air held a set score of 3-2 (25-16, 21-25, 25-21, 19-25, 15 at the home game against KB Insurance in the 4th round of the V-League Men’s Division in the 2020-2021 V-League held at Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium on the 15th. -13). With the victory that day, Korean Air scored 15-8 and 44 points for the season. KB Insurance lost 2 consecutive losses, but regained second place with an additional 1 point, surpassing OK Financial Group (15-7, 39) with 40 points (13-9).
Korean Air overwhelmed the first set. Korean Air scored various routes from 5-4, from Kwak Seung-seok’s quick-open, Ji-seok’s back attack, Jin Seong-tae’s quick attack, and Lim Dong-hyuk’s subscore. Afterwards, Korean Air, who had accumulated scores with Ji-Seok and Lim Dong-hyuk in front of him, stepped on the 20 point notice with the KB Insurance’s score tied to 9 points as a consecutive sub-ace of Ji-Seok and won 1 set with a margin.
In the second set, KB Insurance took the lead. KB Insurance, with Kim Jung-ho’s consecutive scoring and Hwang Taek-eui’s sub-scoring in 5-4, made a difference of 10-5 and 5 points. Korean Air also pursued it, followed by a difference of 19-20, but KB Insurance did not give the lead. KB Insurance, which made set points with Keita’s serve score, ended the set with Keita’s back attack.
KB Insurance led the game by slightly leading the third set. With Kim Jung-ho and Keita’s performance, the score was 11-7, while KB Insurance maintained a three-point gap, and Korean Air caught up to 15-16, and after Jung Ji-seok’s attack and blocking made 17-17 tie, it succeeded in turning around. After taking the lead, Korean Air escaped from the opponent’s room and took the lead again in the set score.
However, the fourth set was for KB Insurance. Korean Air, who was being dragged, tied 12-12, but KB Insurance quickly regained the lead and beat Korean Air with a score of 21-15. The gap between the scores that had widened did not close, and the match went to set 5.
In the tense set of 5, KB Insurance took the lead with Kim Jung-ho’s quick open and Hwang Taek-eui’s serve score at 7-7 tie. However, Korean Air pursued a tie of 13-13, and the last Cheongeum subace of Donghyuk Lim exploded one after another, leading to a dramatic victory by Korean Air.
On this day, Korean Air achieved a triple crown with 25 points including 3 blocking and 3 subscoring. Lim Dong-hyuk also led the team to victory with 22 points, including serve points that determine victory. For KB Insurance, Keita scored 36 points and Kim Jung-ho scored 20 points, but it did not prevent the team from losing.
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