‘Korean you Don’t Want to Hear’ Chosen by Players Outside the V-League

'I Can't Concentrate'... ‘Korean you Don’t Want to Hear’ Chosen by Players Outside the V-League

Six of the seven foreign players in the V-League men's division are 'experienced V-League players' and seven players from the Asia Quarter, who are introduced for the first time, also debuted at Media Day.

At the 2023-2024 Dodram V-League Men's Media Day, which was held in a subdued atmosphere, perhaps due to the men's and women's national volleyball teams' poor performance in international competitions. 바카라사이트

The only scene that brought laughter was the question asked to foreign players about 'Korean words you don't want to hear from the coach.'

This season's men's volleyball is an 'old school' with 6 of the 7 foreign players having experience in the V-League.

Lincoln Williams (registered name Lincoln/Korean Air), Ahmed Ikhbairi (registered name Ahmed/Hyundai Capital), Thais Dullhorst (registered name Thais/Korea Electric Power Corporation), Leonardo Leyva Martinez (registered name Leo/Ok Financial Group).

Six people, including Andres Vijena (registered name: Viyena, KB Insurance) and Yosvani Hernández (registered name: Yosvani, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance), are ‘V-League experienced workers’, and only Matej Kok (Woori Card) is a new face.

Since I have lived in Korea for so long, I understand quite a bit of Korean.

Ahmed, who was the first to receive the microphone, was asked a question like this at the men's media day held at the Cheongdam Rivera Hotel in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 11th.

He looked at coach Choi Tae-woong in the audience and said, "No, no, no."

Thais was different.

He said that he did not understand the words “concentrate, concentrate,” and laughed, saying, “I am concentrating, but I don’t know why they keep telling me to concentrate.”

Yosbani also must have gained courage by saying, “This is something that (captain) Noh Jae-wook often says, not the director (Kim Sang-woo).

“Fighting, fighting, fighting, but it’s even harder because I keep fighting when things are really hard.”

The biggest change in the V-League this season is the introduction of the Asian Quarter.

Each club recruited one Asian player, and on this day, the seven Asian quarter players gave their first greetings to Korean volleyball fans at the media day.

Issei Otake (Woori Card), a former member of the Japanese national team who has a long history in Japanese volleyball, looked at coach Shin Young-cheol and revealed, "He often says, 'I can't do it.'"

Issei said, "He said that I had some messy movements when serving or attacking.

At that time, he said, 'I can't do that.'

I think I will become a better player when this goes away."

Bayarsaihan Batsu (OK Financial Group) and Eddie Zargacha (Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance), who are from Mongolia and graduated from university in Korea and are fluent in Korean, promised friendly competition with their unique eloquence.

Eddie said, "Bayarsaihan is my rival.

It was like that even in college," and Bayarsaihan made people laugh by saying, "Eddie's strength is strength.

But his brains are worse than mine."

The two players exchanged well-wishes, saying that they would like to finish the season healthy and without any injuries.

Ryohei Iga, who played as a libero representing Japan and now wore the KEPCO uniform, objectively compared the volleyball of the two countries.

He said, "It was difficult for Korea to receive strong serves because they put a lot of energy into them.

Foreign players are also good at that," and added, "Japan has a lot of delicate short serves.

Each team is different, so I think I need to play a lot and experience it." He said.

Chai Pei-chang, who is from Taiwan and wearing a Hyundai Capital uniform, expressed his determination, saying, “Like the Chinese idiom that says plants fall wherever the wind blows, I want to be the wind that knocks down my opponent.”

Liu Hong-min (KB Insurance), also from Taiwan, said, ) said, “I will tenaciously overcome any difficulties and difficult situations that come my way.”

Mark Espejo, a Korean Air Asia Quarter player from Philippines, introduced 'passion' as his keyword and said, "Volleyball is my life.

I will play my favorite sport with passion."