“I thought it was ‘Carrie’ these days and went in.”
It was the day of Lim Dong-hyuk (25, Incheon Korean Air). Korean Air, which had become small when it met the leader Seoul Woori Card, finally had a party. Lim Dong-hyuk took the lead.
Lim Dong-hyuk swept 28 points alone in the men’s home game between Woori Card and Dodram 2023-2024 at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 5th, leading the set score to 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-16).
The only flaw was that the triple crown (back attack, blocking, and three or more sub-scores each) lacked one sub-ace. The attack success rate reached 73.33% and the attack efficiency was also high at 63.33%.
It was a significant three-point game given to Korean Air, which had been mired in chaos after suffering two consecutive losses. It narrowed the gap with second-ranked Daejeon Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, and trailed Woori Card with 38 points (42 points).
He scored 14 points in the first set alone, which was tight, and gave wings to Jung Ji-seok, who started the season for the first time, to revive in the second and third sets. He shook Woori Card’s receiving line with strong serve including two aces and garnered four blocks to lead the team to a perfect victory. The duration of the game was only 1 hour and 24 minutes. It could be said that the game was the most perfect match for Korean Air this season.
Lim Dong-hyuk, who met after the game, said, “Our card game was always the same, but I wanted to win it. If we play volleyball with this mindset as a springboard for this game, I think we can go to the rank suitable for Korean Air.”
It was only his team’s victory. Despite regrettably missing the Triple Crown, he said, “I knew it because Seung-seok (Kwak) told me at the last serve, but I didn’t pay attention,” adding, “I hit the serve harder to be helpful to the team than the Triple Crown. There are many cases of winning and losing, so I tried not to let go of my nerves until the end.”
He saved the opponent’s blocking with his feet at 19-20, which was the match point in the first set, and scored a point through a strong open attack. After that, he scored a quick-open goal, he played as a server and achieved a come-from-behind victory through back attacks. He scored 14 points in the first set alone, and his team was able to easily win the second and third sets thereafter.
“When I looked back on the game, I thought about what areas I could play efficiently, and when I hit the ball a lot, I showed good performance,” Lim said. “I spoke informally to (Han) for the first time in my life. I told him to “raise, raise.” He appealed that much, but I didn’t expect his performance to come up. That’s the point of his performance.”
What did Han say about this? “I had a brief conversation after the game, and he said, ‘I thought I had to post it because I was encouraged to post it from the back. If I ask him to post it in the future, he will post it (laughs). I will continue to take responsibility and sign autographs.”
That’s how desperate he was for victory. “I asked him to raise my score from practice with the determination to hit everyone today. Today, I entered the training thinking that I would carry with words these days. I was determined to make him win,” he said.
Now, he is playing with extraordinary responsibility as an ace in name and reality. I think it is up to him to make bad pitches as well. “Players keep asking me to give good pitches during practice, and I heard that everything is good,” he said. “Players are the best setters in Korea, and that’s how good they are. I think it’s the responsibility of a striker to hit. If I deal with bad pitches, it will be easier for him to play, so I will move one more step and hit him well.” 마카오카지노도메인
It has never been so good since its debut in the 2017-2018 season. It is moving beyond the 2020-2021 season to the career high season. Compared to that time, the score per set was raised from 4.11 points to 4.61 points, and at the same time, the success rate of the attack was further raised from 51.23 percent to 57.31 percent.
What’s disappointing is that he will leave the V-League at the end of this season by applying to the South Korean military athletic unit. “I told them to hit all the balls before they leave the military,” Lim said. “I want to take responsibility for the large number of balls and lead Korean Air to win the title for the fourth consecutive time. If I fail to achieve that, I would feel uncomfortable,” Lim said. “Personally, I have a high success rate, but I want to keep my name imprinted on the V-League and join the military.”
As an apogit spy, he is confidently competing with foreign players. He ranks seventh in overall score (327 points) and the top in attack success rate. “I should definitely do it, not as much as foreigners do. I should hit him, run one more step and keep up the fighting spirit. Since there are injured players in the team, the members are changing, so I have to take one spot and play for him. I am playing the game because I think I should do it, rather than trusting anyone,” he expressed his unique sense of responsibility.
Lim Dong-hyuk, who has grown into an ace that won’t hurt even if he puts it in his eyes, said after the game, head coach Tommy Tilikainen thought for a long time about the request to evaluate Lim Dong-hyuk and said, “It’s -10 out of 10.”
In fact, it was meant that I had such a high expectation. “I have to be hungry. I have the next game,” he smiled.
