Lee Si-mon and Kim Dong-young return to KEPCO
Kwon Young-min 43, head coach of KEPCO in the men's V League, has a lot of worries at the beginning of the new season. Until the 1st, KEPCO is in sixth place 3.1 wins and 3 losses in the 'Dodram 2023-2024 V League'. As he reached the playoffs PO in the 2022-2023 season, his first season as a head coach, he is somewhat disappointed.
Ahead of this season, KEPCO picked Libero Ryohei Japan for the Asian quarter and decided to accompany foreign outside heater left Thais the Netherlands. Following veteran Park Chul-woo's transformation into a middle blocker center, Lim Sung-jin, an outside heater, was also expected to grow steadily and was considered a favorite to win. However, the team has yet to get back on track. Coach Kwon's pre-season rant, which boasted that he had "a strength in terms of organizational power," was overshadowed by the small change in the team. Coach Kwon said, "Our organizational power is still around 50-60% of my expectations. "I'm very worried about the mistakes that can come out because the players' hands and feet are not compatible," he said.
However, KEPCO still has a card to turn the mood around. They are Afojit Spiker Kim Dong-young, who will be discharged from the Armed Forces Sports Unit Sangmu on the 8th, and outside heater Lee Si-mon, who will be discharged from the full-time reserve on the 15th. Both players have joined the team's training, so Kwon is planning a full-fledged spurt after their return. 사설토토
Analysts say that Kim Dong-young is a resource that can fill the shortcomings of Apogit Spiker Seo Jae-deok and Lee Si-mon, who are suffering from growing pains. On top of that, Park Chul-woo is also training as a middle blocker and an apogit spiker, which is expected to thicken the team's depth.
Coach Kwon said, "Both Lim Sungjin and Seo Jae-deok are not in their right condition. Sungjin must have trained steadily in the national team, but team training and national team training are different. Jae-deok also had a small amount of training during the off-season due to ankle and knee injuries, he said. "If Sungjin and Jae-deok regain their condition, it is worth trying from the second round." "The roles of Kim Dong-young and Lee Simon, who have to compete in these players' positions, are important." In particular, Dong-young has good serve and attack, so he is a resource that can share enough time to play with Jae-deok. If the two players return, the use of replacement players will expand, which will likely give them more leeway in player management. I'll go up from the beginning of the second round," he said emphatically.