Spear over 'Korean Air in Crisis' shield! He chose OH instead of 'Dig No. 1' Ryohei

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The lead Mercury has a red light due to the main players' injury. Incheon Korean Air chose a spear instead of a shield. The plan is to strengthen the offensive and overcome the difficult situation.

Korean Air's volleyball team announced on the 23rd that it will replace Ryohay Lee (registered name Ryohay) with Eden Gerrett, an outside heater from the Australian men's national team in the Asian quarter.

Korean Air, which had won 10 consecutive games, encountered turbulence such as Jung Ji-seok and Lim Jae-young's injuries. After the fourth round, he is still in first place with 15 wins and 8 losses and 45 points, but he is trailing second-ranked Cheonan Hyundai Capital (44 points), which has played less than one game with four consecutive losses.

In the end, he chose to change. Ryohei was ranked as the best 7 with his stellar performance at Suwon KEPCO in the 2023-2024 season. He ranked first in dig (2.84 per set) and second in receptions (50.75%).

Even after joining Korean Air last season, he succeeded in staying with a stable performance, and he was also helping the team by ranking first in Dig (2.80) and fourth in receptions (38.27%) this season.

However, Korean Air made a strategic choice. It is true that it is difficult to find a player who plays defense as stable as Ryohei, but for now, he decided that securing offensive resources would be more helpful to the team.

Eden was a former member of the Australian men's volleyball national team and played as the main outside heater for the Greek league's Atlas Orestiadas in the 2024-2025 season, and turned to Korea at the request of Korean Air while preparing to move to the UAE League's Hatta Club Dubai this season.

Eden, who is considered a player with compliance skills over offense and defense, arrived at Incheon International Airport on the 18th and is expected to make his first appearance from the fifth round in partnership with the team during the All-Star break.

Korean Air coach Henan Dal Zotto said, "Ryohei is an outstanding player and has performed his role as the team's main libero, but due to internal circumstances, we inevitably decided to replace him," adding, "I expect that he will be of great help to the team based on his experience in various leagues such as France and Greece as a young and promising prospect."

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