After taking office, he led the team to a combined championship for two consecutive seasons, but Incheon Korean Air coach Tommy Tilikhanen (36) was still full of greed. And the players were very happy with the change.
Korean Air, led by coach Tillikainen, scored a set score of 3-0 (25-21, 25) in the first game against Seoul Woori Card in Group A of the 2023 Gumi-Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Tournament (KOVO Cup) held at Park Jung-hee Gymnasium in Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 6th. -21, 25-19) and achieved a complete victory.
Korean Air showed impeccable volleyball performance even though 7 key players were missing due to the selection of the national team.
It was a game that once again hoped for the light of director Tillikainen’s choice, emphasizing various attempts and challenges that could look like an adventurous player.
For Korean Air, Kim Gyu-min, Jung Ji-seok, Lim Dong-hyuk, and Kim Min-jae were selected as the Asian Games national team, Jeong Han-yong and Song Min-geun as the Universiade representative, and Kang Seung-il as the under-19 (U-19) representative.
Only 10 players competed in this tournament. It contrasted with the fact that Woori Card, the first match opponent, formed an entry of 18 players.
Nevertheless, coach Tillikainen said, “Each player has a role to play,” and said, “I will not express complaints or dissatisfaction. .
He continued, “I will never give up from the moment the first whistle blows until the moment it ends, and I will never give my opponent a single point for free.” chopped up
When I entered the game, I had doubts about whether it was a team with a lack of players. As such, Korean Air had no shortage.
They led 11-6 in blocking and 12-27 in Bumsil, showing a big difference in stability. Receive efficiency is 66%. There was a big difference from Woori Card, which was only 37%.
It is not enough to express it only with numbers. Players played for efficient volleyball regardless of position and saw results several times. Even in the 2nd set 14-15 situation, setter Jeong Jin-hyeok participated in the attack and scored. After the game, Woori Card coach Shin Young-cheol said, “We have to play volleyball like Korean Air.”
Manager Tillikainen, who we met after the game, said, “We tried to maximize the use of our resources by creating something new, but they did a great job in that area.” It would be really difficult with 10 people, but it was very good to see them playing스포츠토토 together tightly,” he encouraged the players.
Kwak Seung-seok, who scored 12 points with 2 points each with serve and blocking, said, “Coach Tommy gave me a lot of strange volleyball, so I prepared for this and that.” I practiced a lot of things I couldn’t see a lot,” he said.
Lee Joon, who was pointed out by coach Tillikainen before the game, expressed satisfaction by saying, “It is more fun to move a lot regardless of position than to do the same thing every time,” after scoring 18 points, the highest for both teams.
Two setters were put in at the same time and also participated in the attack. Coach Tommy, who usually seldom divulged details before and after the game, looked particularly excited on this day. He said, “We shared ideas together and made them together with the players.” In response, Kwak Seung-seok replied, “I think I talked a lot with (Yu) Kwang-woo and the setters. The striker only moved according to the setters’ signs.”
Setter Jeong Jin-hyeok’s scoring was also fully predicted. Coach Tillikainen said, “This is what I did during training and practice games. “When we came to the competition, we took this challenge positively and said let’s have fun. Today’s game was really fun.”
Lee Joon, who watched Jeong Jin-hyeok’s score from the side, said, “This is a part that I practiced a lot during training. There was also a double swap, so it came out like today.” The fans seem to like it too, so I think it’s a plus for the team.”
The problem with Korean Air, which won the combined championship for three consecutive years, was that there were too many good players. However, even after the key players left the national team, he took on a new challenge and raised the confidence of the players with clear results. Expectations are already high for Korean Air coach Tillikainen this season as well.
