Why did I give up if I was going to do this?OK Savings Bank, led by Coach Ogino Massage, has shown p.. - 매일경제

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Why did I give up if I was going to do this?

OK Savings Bank, led by Coach Ogino Massage, has shown performance that is not like the runner-up team last season. The lowest in the league with seven points, two wins and seven losses. Of the seven men's teams, OK Savings Bank is the only team that failed to score more than 10 points.

The main reason why OK Savings Bank has no choice but to show such poor performance is the poor performance of foreign players.

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Photo = Courtesy of KOVO

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OK Savings Bank gave up re-signing league MVP Leonardo Leibah Martinez (registered Leo) last season. Leo played in 36 games last season and recorded a success rate of 54.54% of 955 points, leading OK Savings Bank to the championship stage for the first time in eight years. He also won the round MVP twice (fourth and sixth rounds) and was named the regular league MVP and best 7 apogee spiker after the end of the season.

Coach Ogino gave up renewing his contract with Leo, although he still had a lot of experience he had accumulated through Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and OK Savings Bank in his mid-30s. And OK Savings Bank named Italian apogee spiker Manuel Lucconi (registered name Lucconi) in a tryout held in May.

He was an ambitious player, but he left the team in regret. At the 2024 Tongyeong-Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Championship held before the opening of the season, the success rate of 38 points in three games was 41.25%, and in the league, the success rate of 29 points in five games was 35.29%. In the end, from the third game of the first round, he became a replacement member, not a starter. "Lukoni is the first season overseas. There must be a lot of stress. Ogino's choice was a failure, even though he said, "I have enough possibilities."

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In the end, OK Savings Bank brought in Polish Apogit Spiker Christian Balzac (registered name Chris) instead of accompanying Lukoni. He has strengths in attack and blocking from high RBIs using 210cm tall, so coach Ogino also said, "We will take various utilization from the front and back and maximize the strength of the player." As he is a player with such a good height, I expected him to make good use of the advantages that come from there."

But so far, Chris has not performed very well either. Four games and 30 points are over. Chris, who made his debut in the first round match against Woori Card on the 12th, scored 17 points in the match against Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (November 15), but only seven points in the second round against Woori Card and three points in the second round against Korean Air. The success rate of attack against the Korean Air was only 11%. The success rate of attack in four games is only 31%.

In the match against Korean Air, coach Ogino also sent signals on behalf of Chris as Chris was behind in the competition with foreign player Maxim Zigalov (registered name Maksim). Rather, Shin Ji-jin showed a bold attack that bothered his opponent, showing an attack that contrasted with Chris.

Leo, who was abandoned by OK Savings Bank, is still showing his appearance at Hyundai Capital. He has a success rate of 55.03% of 182 points in nine games. It ranks second in scoring and second in attack success rate, adding to Hyundai Capital's ability to maintain its top ranks.

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Of course, in the case of Chris, even if he had little time to work with the players, the performance he showed in the four games was regrettable. The proportion of foreign players in the V-League is absolute.

OK Savings Bank fans will think like this. "Why did you give up renewing the contract with Leo?"

[Lee Jungwon, MK Sports Reporter]