"I promised to come back to Ya-Koob." KB Team, who couldn't laugh even after winning two consecutive games, left their teammate for a year after losing the coach. [Jang-chung site]

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After two consecutive losses, two wins in a row. Although the performance was perfect, the expressions of the KB Insurance team, including Ha Hyun-yong (44), the acting coach, were not as bright.

KB Insurance won Woori Card with a set score of 3-1 (25-17, 26-24, 21-25, 25-19) in the men's fourth round of the Jin Air 2025-2026 V-League at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 11th.

The triangular formation played an even role. Andres Villena (registered name Villena) succeeded in her first triple crown of the season with 27 points, including four blocking points, three serve points and 10 rear points. Na Kyung-bok helped Villena with 21 points and Lim Sung-jin with 9 points.

KB Insurance Asia Quarter Mohamed Yaqoob (32, registered name Yaqoob) was not seen at all at the stadium, raising questions. According to a KB team official, Jakub left for Bahrain on the 9th after consulting with the team after the Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance match on the 7th.

After the game, acting coach Ha Hyun-yong said, "To be honest, Jakub left the country. I haven't been able to come into the game much because of my poor condition, but it was because of housework. The exact timing is unknown. However, I have been paying attention to the housework that has occurred a few weeks ago. He said he could not give details. He said he would only go home and send it to him," expressing mixed feelings.

Jakub joined KB Insurance as a substitute for Max Staples in January last year. After the end of the season, he succeeded in renewing his contract and was accompanied for two consecutive seasons and was trusted by his teammates in ball and defense.

As such, it is said that the colleagues felt sorry for them. In fact, it was less than two weeks after he broke up with former coach Leonardo Carvalho (54). Carvalho voluntarily resigned on the 30th of last month in consultation with the club. Since he even sent his teammates out of mixed feelings, the KB Insurance team had no choice but to feel heavy.

Na Kyung-bok, who visited the interview room after the game, said, "Yakub's situation is really unfortunate. But he promised that Jakub could come back. I didn't go into details because it was a family affair. I heard that I thought about it for a long time, and I said it was a really difficult situation," he said.

"We're also waiting for Jakub," he said. It's a difficult situation, but I couldn't keep losing. We also try to unite as well as we can," he said with strength.

The timing of Jakub's return has not been set. An official from KB said, "We're not replacing Jakub. The player himself promised to solve it well and come back. However, we are also preparing for the next best option because we don't know when we will return," he explained.

Fortunately, KB Insurance has a solid offense. Main guns Villena and Na Kyung-bok are playing ace roles in ball and water. Villena said, "There were times this season when I couldn't make the Triple Crown because I was short of one serve and one block. But I'm happy to play it in two seasons," he said. "While analyzing Woori Card's game before the game, I thought it would be easy to solve it by stopping the main strikers. We focused on the technical aspects," he said.

Na Kyung-bok, a native ace, showed a clear rise in his performance. Since the last game of the third round, he has been steadily increasing his playing time, scoring double-digit points for five consecutive games. Thanks to this, the season's attack success rate also increased significantly to 48%.

Na Kyung-bok responded, "As I play steadily, the rhythm of the game seems to be returning. At the beginning of the season, I thought it might be okay, but when I tried it, it was hard to control my condition. Still, as I keep running, I think I'm getting used to it little by little."

"Our team's performance has not been very good so far. I thought our outside heaters should do a little more in that area. He added, "I'm training a lot to improve my physical condition." "Biye-na is doing her part even if she doesn't say it, so me and (Im) Sung-jin have to do better. If we do a little better, I think we will have a better synergy effect," he stressed.

As the main gun, Villena's responsibility and determination are different. Villena said, "First of all, Na Kyung-bok and I are mainly responsible for the attack, so I think we should take responsibility for the high ball as much as possible. There are about 15 games left in the season. I will prepare physically by working hard in weight training and take as many points as possible in the remaining games," he said with a firm determination.

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