"That should not happen."
Coach Ko Hee-jin (44), who was happily interviewing Daejeon Chung Kwan-jang after blocking Incheon Heungkuk Life Insurance Co. from winning 15 consecutive games and continuing its fifth consecutive win, instantly became firm. He was asked about the opponent team's foreign coach's provocation during the game.
Jeong Kwan-jang, led by head coach Ko Hee-jin, beat Heungkuk Life Insurance by a set score of 3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 14-25, 25-25, 25-22) in the third round of the women's team in the 2024-2025 Dodram V League at Samsan Gymnasium in Incheon on the 17th.
There was something that made headlines as he broke Heungkuk Life Insurance's record of 15 consecutive wins and 17 consecutive wins in a single season of women's volleyball. It was a fuss at the end of the second set.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which lost the first set, expressed discontent about the result of the video review during the second set. Heungkuk Life Insurance coach Marcello Avonjada (54) was not convinced by setter Lee Go-eun's foul on the latter. "I didn't understand when it came to the default," he said after the match. "After such a situation happens, I get more nervous. Not only me but also the experienced players become like that."
The problem is that this situation also affected the later situation. A yellow card was eventually given to the coach Abondaji due to the prolonged protest, but the coaching staff also seems to have been dissatisfied with this.
Afterwards, when the team allowed the pursuit 19-17, Jeong Kwan-jang called the operation time and Ko Hee-jin was talking with the referee. At that time, Heungkuk Life Insurance's senior coach Turino Daniele came to Jeong Kwan-jang's camp and acted as if mocking Ko Hee-jin.
Although Heungkuk Life Insurance staff urgently stopped him, it was very unusual for him to come to the other side and directly stimulate the other coach. The situation was over afterwards, but coach Ko Hee-jin expressed strong dissatisfaction, and coach Daniele made a mouth shape with his hands even after coming to Heungkuk Life's bench and acted like he was dissatisfied with Ko Hee-jin's appeal.
"You shouldn't do that," said Cha Sang-hyun, an SBS Sports commentator who coached GS Caltex until the last season. "Volleyball is a gentleman's sport that divides the net. You shouldn't do that," Cha said. "Winning and losing are important, but it's also important to keep good manners."
"I've been a coach, but I've never seen a coach mocking the opposing team's coach, even though I've complained about the referee, hateful words, actions or fights between coaches," he said. "Since when have coaches come out of Korean volleyball to mock the coach? This is something that needs to be pointed out."
Coach Ko Hee-jin, who met him after the match, said, "I don't want to talk about that. The federation or the Heungkuk club will take care of it," but added, "That should not happen. It's for the players to play, not for the coach or the coach."
Afterwards, Heungkuk Life Insurance recognized the scene in question and urgently started to take care of it. The club had conversations with Daniele and conveyed its position. "We didn't mean to mock him. We were given a warning after the protest, but coach Ko Hee-jin protested every point and raised an objection to the fairness of the protest," a club official said.
He admitted that the excessive gestures peculiar to Italians were misleading, but he had no intention of doing so.
Nevertheless, the team failed to explain why it provoked the coach by crossing the opposition camp. Coach Daniele was clearly aware of this, too. According to the club, Coach Daniele expressed his apology, saying, "I will not let that happen again. I will not let it cross the line again." The club also promised to prevent a recurrence of such incidents, saying, "I told my coach thoroughly."
In an interview after the game, Star News asked Avonza, "There were complaints about the decision, and since then, coach Daniele has been provoking the opponent's coach, did you talk about anything special?" Avonza said, "That's a separate story."
As a result of inquiring with the club later, it was confirmed that it was because the coach was not accurately aware of the situation. On the broadcast screen, when Coach Daniele headed to Coach Ko Hee-jin, Coach Avondaji gathered the players coming to the bench to give instructions, and he was only looking at the players until Coach Daniele was brought by the staff.
Just as Coach Ko Hee-jin said, Heungkuk Life Insurance is urgently seeking to address the situation. It is uncertain what measures the 메이저사이트 Korean Volleyball Federation will take in the future.