"It got stronger as it went on. It hurt later."
He created an attack opportunity by receiving a strong attack from Silva, which led to a goal. And he avenged his loss in the first round by winning.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction won an important match against GS Caltex and began chasing first place. Hyundai Engineering & Construction won the home game against GS Caltex in the Dodram 2023-2024 V League held at Suwon Indoor Stadium on the 26th with a set score of 3-1. He won the 1st and 2nd sets first, and took the lead in the 3rd set, but suffered a comeback loss, but won the 4th set and took 3 points. Before the game, Hyundai Engineering & Construction was in second place (6 wins, 4 losses, 23 points), and GS Caltex was in 3rd place by 1 point (7 wins, 3 losses, 19 points), so the leaderboard could change depending on wins and losses, but Hyundai Engineering & Construction was in second place with a 4-point gap. kept.
As setter Kim Da-in made a clever attack distribution that used all of the attackers, various attackers scored evenly, shaking up GS Caltex's defense with Yang Hyo-jin scoring 21 points, MoMa 19 points, Wipawi 16 points, and Jeong Ji-yoon 12 points.
However, thanks to the defense of libero Kim Yeon-gyeon, there was a counterattack from Hyundai Engineering & Construction. At every important moment, he turned the opponent's attack into an opportunity to counterattack. In this game, 20 of 23 dig attempts were successfully recovered.
In the first round, they lost 0-3 to GS Caltex. 강남달토 It was an important game, and the players' attitude was even more special because it was a game to avenge their first-round loss. Kim Yeon-gyeon, the captain of this season, said, "The play I wanted to make in the first round didn't work out at all. So I thought a lot more about it," and said, "We talked a lot about how to solve it when it didn't work out. We didn't do it because GS Caltex was in good spirits." “I tried to put more energy into breaking down. Thanks to that, I was able to win,” he said about his victory. He continued, "Our team's blocking was also good. We were able to win because everyone had a strong will," and said that they won with the cooperation of their teammates.
The driving force behind the victory was neutralizing the attack of the opponent's main striker, foreign player Silva. On this day, Silva scored 18 points, the most on the team, but recorded the lowest attack success rate of 30.2%. In the first round match, it was 51.4%.
Kim Yeon-gyeon was surprised about Silva, saying, "I came in thinking a lot about Silva. At the beginning of the game, I felt like my condition was not improving. But as the game progressed, I felt it improving. From attack to serve, he became stronger and stronger." Silva is considered the player with the most destructive power among foreign players this season. Kim Yeon-gyeon also admitted it. He says he is one of the top 3 foreign players he has ever received. He explained, "It hurt check here when I got hit by Silva. I think he's in the top three of the players I've ever been hit with." At the same time, he said, "In fact, a player who is difficult to defend is a player whose pitch is difficult. A player who comes out of an angle is difficult. He has to look at the ball for a long time," and said that power is important, but the movement of the ball is also important.