Hyundai Capital players. Provided by /KOVO
[장충=한스경제 이정인 기자] There is no vacancy for foreign players. The men’s professional volleyball team, Hyundai Capital, is creating a sensation at the beginning of the season with its native power.
Hyundai Capital won the match against Dodram 2021-2022 V League Men’s Woori Card at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 24th with a set score of 3-1 (20-25, 27-25, 26-24, 25-21).
Native ace Subong Heo (23) scored 30 points, the most among both teams with an attack success rate of 58.69%. Veteran Seongmin Moon (35) also contributed with 22 points (attack success rate 51.21%). Setter Kim Myung-gwan (24), tall at 195 cm, caught five more blocks than the center. Hyundai Capital recorded 18 blockings on that day and took the upper hand in the height match against Woori Card (11 blocking).
Hyundai Capital, which lost Ronald Jimenez (31, registered name: Jimenez) to a ruptured rectus femoris tendon earlier this month, is making a sensation with 2 wins, 1 loss and 7 points in 3 matches without a foreign main gun.
Choi Tae-woong (45), manager of Hyundai Capital, whom I met before the game, said, “We set a goal of 7 points per round, and it is completely beyond our expectations. I’m playing better because I’m doing better,” he smiled.
Shin Young-cheol (57), manager of Woori Card, also highly evaluated Hyundai Capital’s power. “Hyundai Capital has a lot of players with good individual abilities. There are players who received the first-place nomination and stepped on the professional stage,” he said. In my view, I think Hyundai Capital will continue to follow this trend.”
Hyundai Capital Heo Soo-bong (center). Provided by /KOVO
Hyundai Capital, a ‘native unit’, also showed its potential on this day and caused a surprise. We gave up one set, but we went down and won three sets and sank the winning candidate Woori Card. In particular, he showed his concentration by catching all 2-3 sets that led to the deuce. Heo Su-bong scored twice in a row with a quick open and back-attack in a situation where they were behind 23-24 in the second set. In 25-25, he also took the victory by scoring points with a back-attack. In the third set, Subong Huo, who moved from the left to the right, drove 10 points with a high attacking success rate of 69.23%.
Hyundai Capital, who won 2-3 sets with Heo Soo-bong’s performance, pushed our card hard in the 4th set. With Park Sang-ha and Choi Min-ho’s blocking, they fled 18-12 and solidified their victory. Heo Su-bong’s back-attack made 24-20, and Kim Seon-ho’s quick open ended the game.
After the match, coach Choi Tae-woong said, “The change in the players’ training attitudes and postures led to good results. Now, I seem to have the mindset of a professional player. Also, Sung-Min Moon’s condition is much better than I expected. (Moon) Sung-Min is holding up well. We are playing well. I can feel the Korean players coming together.”
Heo Soo-bong said, “Even if there are no foreign players, only domestic players can create synergy. The players are enjoying the game without burden.” He continued, “I trained a lot with (Kim) Myung-gwan hyung to set the timing of the attack in the off-season. I hit with confidence because he raised a high toss so that I could hit RBI and hit it.”
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