Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which was 29 years old at the start of the game, once became young until 26 years old. There was possibility and anxiety among them.

Young players in the V-League are actively hired for various reasons. As in the case of Han Tae-joon, who is serving as Woori Card's commander throughout the season, this can happen naturally by harmonizing a player's talent with a coach's judgment, and in some cases, veteran players are either severely sluggish or injured.

Unfortunately, the gradual change in players' composition that Kim Sang-woo took in the fifth round of the Dodram 2023-2024 V-League Men's match between Woori Card and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on Monday was close to the latter case. The first young player to play was Kim Woo-jin. Shin started the game and suffered from receiving instability from the beginning, which forced him to quickly replace Kim.

The situation was similar afterwards. As the mood shifted towards Woori Card with critical consecutive lost points in the second half of the third set, Kim took out Noh Jae-wook and deployed Lee Jae-hyun instead. In the middle of the fourth set, when the flow completely disappeared, Kang Sue-jin and Kim Woo-jin were both excluded, and rookie Lee Yoon-soo and Yang Soo-hyun were deployed simultaneously. All of them were due to lackluster performances or subdued mood of the previous players. Ultimately, the result of the game was a loss. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance failed to secure points by losing 2-4 sets even after winning the first set (27-25, 22-25, 22-25, 14-25).

The average age of the starting lineup for the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance was 28.86 when the game started (Yosbani Hernandez 33, Noh Jae-wook 32, Shin Jang-ho 28, Kim Jung-ho 27, Lee Sang-wook 29, Eddie 25, and Jeon Jin-seon 28). However, the average age on-court player fell to 26 at one point in the fourth set (Yosbani 33, Lee Jae-hyun 22, Lee Yun-soo 21, Kim Jung-ho 27, Lee Sang-wook 29, Yang Soo-hyun 22, and Jeon Jin-seon 28). They became almost three years younger.

Some players showed impressive performance while time passed backwards on the court. Playing in lieu of 28-year-old Shin, Kim Woo-jin, 24, served as mood maker in the first set with his sharp serve and strong attack. Notably, Kim's scene where he decided to make a bold swing when his receiving was shaken by Kim Ji-han's serve at 24-25 was the highlight of Kim.

Lee Yoon-soo, the No. 1 player in the first round who failed to show remarkable performance until the fourth round due to injury, also expressed his possibility. After stepping on the court in the middle of the fourth set, he showed off his strong attack skills, and after scoring a goal, he showed off his overflowing fighting spirit like a rookie. Thanks to the rotation in which he stood side by side, three rookie players, including Lee Jae-hyun and Yang Soo-hyun, are preparing to block from the front at the same time, and if they are fans of the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, they can expect the future.

Of course, there are still many areas that I feel uneasy about. Kim Woo-jin has weaknesses in his height in the wings. "I did pretty well except for blocking," Kim said in an interview after the game, expressing regret over blocking. Lee Yoon-soo is still a player who needs much more experience in actual matches, and he committed an offensive error in which the loss of the game was confirmed. Lee Jae-hyun, who needs to build up the future of the team along with the two players, is also a player who still has a lot of work to be done in the passwalk.

Defeat cannot be justified just because young players played in games. This is all the more true for a team eager to compete in spring volleyball like the Samsung Fire. However, it is also clear that we can become a strong team only when we can gain something in a losing game. The Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance did not earn a point on the day, but was able to gain something in reverse time to make us look forward to the next game and next season. Now is the time to strive to gain something with victory, not defeat.

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