Участник:It returns to the lead after a day of six consecutive wins
Men's professional volleyball Korean Air regained the league's lead in a day.
Korean Air upset Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance with a set score of 3-1 (23-25 26-24 25-20 25-18) in the Dodram 2023-2024 V-League home game held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 23rd.
With the victory, Korean Air accumulated 61 points (20-11) to recover its No. 1 ranking, beating Woori Card (59 points, 20-10 losses), which played one less game.
It has been a day since Woori Card succeeded in reversing with a victory in the KB Insurance match the previous day.
On the other hand, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (44 points, 17 wins, 14 losses) in fifth place missed the opportunity to beat mid-ranking competitors KEPCO and OK Financial Group (47 points, 16 wins, 14 losses) at once.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance had good luck in the first set.
A Korean Air player who hit two serve aces before gave up a set point with his first serve error, 23-23, which continued to be a close game by a point.
Korean Air tried to cut off the flow in time, but the lucky goddess was in Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's side.
A fastball hit hard by Korean Air's Kim Min-jae was hit by Samsung Fire's Libero Lee Sang-wook's shoulder and floated large into the air, and the ball fell into the empty place of Korean Air's court with a parabolic line.
In the second set, Korean Air was strong in the midst of a fierce competition.
At 23-23, Korean Air's Murad Khan (registered name Murad) and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's Yosvani Hernandez (registered name Yosvani) exchanged back attacks.
Then Murad put in another powerful rear-end attack, while Yosvani's spike went off the court.
Korean Air took the lead early in the third set as if it would completely win three points.
Korean Air widened the gap with Murad's quick opening and Kim Min-jae's blocking at 9-9, and at 19-17, Kwak Seung-seok's quick opening and Murad's blocking were combined to run away by four points.
Afterwards, Jung Ji-seok accumulated set points with a center-rear attack, and Kim Kyu-min blocked opponent Kim Woo-jin's opening and laughed in the match.
Korean Air, which won the match, drove the attack to Murad in the fourth set, and the operation hit the mark.
Murad scored 11 points with a high attack success rate (73.33%) in the fourth set, giving his team a victory.
On this day, Murad scored 23 points in Korean Air, and Kwak Seung-seok, Jung Ji-seok, and Kim Min-jae helped each with 9 points.