Участник:At The End Of A Great Full-Set Match, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Always Smiles

Forget last season's Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance is the team with the highest full-set winning percentage in the men's Dodram 2023-2024 V-League. It played five five sets this season, and has won all of them without exception, recording a 100% winning percentage. It previously won a full-set match with Korean Air, KB Insurance and Hyundai Capital (Round 2 to 3).

In the third round match against the leader Woori Card at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 12th, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the set score 3-2 (26-24 25-22 20-25 23-25 15-13) after five sets of bloody battles.

It was a dizzying game. Samsung gave up the initiative in the first set to its opponent. Its performance was so poor that it trailed by eight points from 14-22. However, the team narrowed its gap to 20-24 through Kim Jung-ho's serve, and Yosbani's serve devastated Woori Card's receiving line, achieving a dramatic come-from-behind victory. It gained momentum and even grabbed two sets, almost securing three points from the enemy.

The first-runner Woori Card also displayed strong counterattacks. In the third and fourth sets, Mattei and Kim Ji-han's attack power exploded, and their defense and blocking also revived. On the other hand, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance allowed a set score tie after struggling due to Yosbani's weakened attack power. The mood in the fifth set was also lost to Woori Card. Until the middle of the set, the team was trailing by 6-9 and three points, showing strong defeat. The fifth set is a 15-point game, so it is not easy to overcome this gap. However, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance showed extraordinary sincerity. After steadily chasing after him, Yosbani's back attack broke out at 13-13, and Kim Jun-woo, the star of last season's Rookie of the Year award, finished the game with a block that turned Mattei's attack.

Already, the team has won its fifth five-set match. The team that smiles at the end of a great match is always Samsung Fire.

The result is hard to imagine when thinking about the situation of the Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance during the last season. Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance ranked at the bottom with 11 wins and 25 losses in the 2022-2023 season, the first season of its coach Kim Sang-woo's inauguration. It was a fall of a prestigious family.

After finishing the evaluation of his team's players for one season, Kim changed the team's color through off-season trades and recruitment of foreign players. He chose Yosbani, who is capable not only in offense but also in defense, and changed the team's atmosphere by focusing on young players. As a result, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance is currently ranked second with 10 wins, 5 losses and 25 points. It became the second fastest team after Woori Card to achieve double-digit wins. If the team wins one more game from now on, it will tie the previous season's wins.

Manager Kim also gave meaning to the victory. "If you go to the fifth set, you win because you never give up. You can connect yourself to important moments and score points. Luck depends. I lost a lot and felt like I was losing, but I felt like I was breaking away. I feel positive. I feel the atmosphere is different from last season," he said with a faint smile. 안전놀이터