Woori Card and IBK Industrial Bank suffer from foreign players’ attitude

Alex, our card. [사진 우리카드]

Professional volleyball men’s Woori Card and women’s IBK Industrial Bank were in the same trouble. The main players, Alex Ferheya (29, Portugal) and Anna Lazareva (23, Russia), showed attitude problems.

After the match between KB Insurance and Woori Card on the 30th, Woori Card manager Shin Young-cheol made a high-level remark, saying, “We don’t need such a player.” It was because of the actions Alex showed during operation time during the 3rd set.

Director Shin Young-cheol pointed out Alex’s reception and said, “Don’t miss the receive.” Alex immediately turned his back upon hearing the interpreter. Director Shin Young-cheol was angry with Alex’s actions and made a big call, saying “Hey.” At the end of the operation time, he shouted fighting with his colleagues again, but Director Shin’s face was hardened. Eventually after the next rally, Shin called Alex on the court. Woori Card lost the game to 0-3 on this day and failed to win the 5th straight victory.

Alex played for KB Insurance in the 2017-18 season. Even back then, Alex, who was hot-tempered, often spoke to his colleagues in a strong tone or showed dissatisfaction with coaching staff instructions.

Everyone recognizes Alex’s skills. In the foreign player draft, Woori Card chose Alex without delay when he got the second place nomination right. At that time, there were concerns about Alex’s personality, but I believed in the leadership of Director Shin Young-cheol. Alex struggled at the beginning of the season due to injuries and sluggishness, but from the third round, his appearance changed, leading the rise of Woori Card and winning the third round MVP.

However, Director Shin Young-cheol does not intend to withdraw. Shin said, “Alex explained that his play was frustrating and he was angry with himself, but whether he holds Alex (so that he doesn’t hurt his discipline) will be affected by the team atmosphere and performance in the future.”

IBK Industrial Bank Lazarev attempts to attack at GS Caltex on the 30th. [사진 IBK기업은행]

On the same day, IBK Industrial Bank manager Woo-jae Kim also showed disappointment at Lazareva’s attitude. IBK IBK and GS Caltex were absent from Gyeonggi, the leading setter Cho Song-hwa. This is because he showed a slight fever before the game and was tested for novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) (final result negative).

The main gun, Lazarevah, was not in harmony with the setter Kim Ha-kyung, who started out instead of Cho Song-hwa. Until this day, he scored an average of 29.6 points per game, but only achieved two successes in 17 attack attempts. There were as many as 6 balls that were blocked or went out. In the end, coach Kim Woo-jae replaced Lazarev in the beginning of the second set. In the third set, he started again, but when it reached 0-5, he subtracted it again, and was not put into the game. IBK lost 1-3 in the match that day.

Lazarev, the Russian national team, raised expectations even before the draft. Team 4 scored as the top candidate, and IBK, which was ranked 5th last season (21.7% probability), embraced Lazareva. Lazarevah was excellent as expected. It is ranked 3rd in scoring, 4th in attack success rate, 1st in rear attack, and 3rd in serve. The attack share in the team is a whopping 41.0%. Thanks to Lazarevah’s performance, IBK IBK is running in third place.

But Lazareva seems to feel a lot of pressure to lead the team alone. On the 6th, Daejeon KGC Ginseng Construction Exhibition is a representative. At the time, Lazareba was less than usual with 14 points and 31.6% attack success rate. Manager Woo-jae Kim said, “I think Lazarev should be focused. I think we should talk about whether a player’s actions hurt the team.”

After that, it was Lazareva, who performed outstandingly, but when Jo Songhwa fell out, he showed a helpless appearance. After losing against GS, coach Kim Woo-jae strongly said, “If you are a really good player, I hope you will do it without blaming it. I will point out the part where you acted that you did not like the ball.”

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