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Dayeong shared her feelings on playing in Romania,

"I was looking forward to the transfer inwardly", while revealing, "I cried for a long time because of the messages I received on the night before my departure.”

The interview was held at Lee Dayeong's home in Bucharest, Romania on the 1st Sept (Korea time), in the snug dorm provided by her new club Rapid Bucuresti.

"A head coach whom I wanted to receive guidance from... I was happy to receive the recruitment offer."

Dayeong explained, "The training regimen is slightly more systematic than in Greece. The Italian head coach, together with his Italian coaches, brought in the authentic volleyball training system as it was. It is a method which suits me very well".

It is said that Coach Parisi had an eye on Lee Dayeong for a long time while watching her play during her time on PAOK, the opposing team of his previous club Olympiacos in Greece.

Dayeong shared, "Actually the most important thing is one's coordination with the coach. I've known about Coach Parisi even when I was in Greece, I had also heard the news early in that he decided to head to Romania."

"I thought to myself that 'I'd like to follow Coach Parisi' on the inside. I was really happy that an opportunity to learn from Coach Parisi came to me."

But there were also worries.

Dayeong explained, "Before I came to Romania, the club was slightly concerned about my English. Because there is often the need for setters to be able to communicate in-depth with the coach."

With her transfer to the Greece league last season, it was the first time Lee Dayeong had started living abroad. Since then she had been consistently receiving English lessons.

"My listening has improved a lot now, but speaking is difficult. Thanks to the coach's father-like calm (step-by-step) guidance, I am able to understand it fast and improve."

"I wept the night before the departure... I miss my days in Korea"

The scandal of school bullying constantly follows Lee Dayeong like a tag. Although she had apologized multiple times, it was not easy to change the hearts of the disappointed public.

Dayeong revealed, "The night before taking the plane to Romania, I received close to a thousand messages on my social media. I thought that I did not have any remaining fans, thus I was shocked at how many messages there were from fans, amidst the (other) messages criticizing me."

"Though I am thankful to the international fans, the messages from Korean fans telling me 'Go do well, and come back (to Korea)' stood out to me especially. I read the messages one by one and cried for over 4 hours. I really wept."

"I think I missed and yearned for the days I had received love from the Korean fans. Though I'm unable to return to that time, I really want to do well, I want to show them a good appearance (perform well)."

"I understood the meaning behind the words, 'Just brushing past one another is fate'. I finally understand how precious human relationships are. I believe that I have to do well."

루마니아 무대에서 뛰게 된 이다영이 간만에 속마음을 털어놨다. “내심 이적을 기대했다”면서도 “출발 전날 밤 받은 메시지들 때문에 한참을 울었다”고도 했다. 루마니아 현지에서 이다영을 만났다. 인터뷰는 한국시간 1일 수도 부쿠레슈티에 위치한 이다영의 자택에서 진행됐다. 새 소속팀 라피드 부쿠레슈티가 마련해 준 아담한 숙소다. 한국기자가 루마니아에서 이다영을 만난 것은 처음이다. “지도 받고 싶었던 감독…영입 제안 기뻤다” 이다영은 지난 주 루마니아 땅을 밟았다. 일주일 남짓한 시간, 살림살이를 갖추고 부수적인 행정 처리를 마친 뒤 이번주 부터 본격적인 팀 훈련에 돌입했다. 이다영은 “그리스보다는 훈련 방식이 조금 더 체계적”이라고 설명했다. 그는 “이탈리아 출신인 감독님이 이탈리아 코치진과 함께 정통 배구 훈련 체계를 그대로 들여왔다”며 “내겐 아주 잘 맞는 방식”이라고 했다. 라피드 부쿠레슈티의 카를로 파리시 감독은 올여름 새롭게 지휘봉을 잡았다. 지난 시즌엔 이다영이 뛰었던 그리스 리그에서 올림피아코스 사령탑을 맡았다. 파리시 감독은 당시 경쟁 구단인 PAOK소속이던 이다영의 플레이를 보며 그에게 오랫동안 눈독을 들였던 것으로 전해졌다.

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You will be flying off soon. You will be starting the season in a new place. Are you afraid? Dayeong: I'm not afraid but it feels different as I will be competing in a league at a higher level.I've adapted to the characteristics and style of the European league after 1 year at PAOK. I think I will be able to quickly understand what the coach wants.

Would you be able to describe what the European league style is like specifically? Dayeong: It is to increase the utilization of the middle blockers and to play fast through them. The recent European volleyball style is to utilize the back attacks more while playing front row attacks. In the Greece league we focused mainly on using front row attacks, but I believe back attacks will be used more often in the new team.

What have you been up to after the Greece league concluded in May? Dayeong: I went to Vancouver, Canada with an older sister I knew right after the season ended, and spent a month there. I spent a few days in London afterwards, before returning to Greece for a week to pack my luggages and returned to Korea on the 25th June. I spent time with my family, friends I knew since young, and met and chatted with older sisters whom I'm close to when I was back in Korea. I continued to train consistently during my break. Thanks to the help from my alma mater (Jinju Seonmyeong Girls High School), I was able to have individual trainings at night. I'm worried that the school or the people who have offered their help would get cursed at because of me.

Did you receive any separate training schedule from your new club Rapid Bucuresti? Dayeong: Not yet. I believe that we will begin training with the ball immediately upon arrival, so I am preparing myself in Korea. There are less than two months before the start of the new season.

I am curious about why you transferred though you were liked by many at PAOK and the results weren't bad. Dayeong: I was contacted by Bucuresti at the beginning of March. Coach Carlo Parisi said that he wanted me. Though he was the coach who had helped Olympiacos achieve #1*, it seemed like he viewed me well when competing against us on an opposing team. Though we had not exchanged any words, he revealed his intention to recruit me as I was 'a player whom he wished to help develop'. Though offers with better conditions could have came from other leagues if I had waited, I wanted to go with someone who believed in me and made my decision early. I have more to learn as a player if I wished to compete in overseas leagues for a long time from now on. After I had signed the contract, I heard that several clubs from Italian and Polish leagues had sent offers to me.I was shocked after hearing that.'THAT team wants me?' was what I had thought. (*t/n: Olympiacos was #2 in the league under coach Carlo Parisi, not #1. There may have been a miscommunication or mistake.)

Do you have any information on the level of the Romanian league, or the players you will be playing with on Bucuresti? Dayeong: I don't know anything concrete. I know that it is at a higher level than the Greece league. I sort of know the two middle blockers whom I will be playing with on Bucuresti. One of them was a player on Panathinaikos in the Greece league and the captain of the Canadian National Team. The other player is someone whom I've met before at the VNLs in the past.

There was a change of coach halfway during the season in PAOK. Dayeong: The previous coach was the one who had recruited me and viewed me well. It was a difficult period after the coach changed. In exchange I have gained a lot from it. I learnt a lot from the new coach who was from Italy.

If you could elaborate more on that? Dayeong: I was able to understand the Italian style of volleyball thanks to the coach. What I remember specifically was, the center play. I learnt the over play* utilizing the middle blockers. It was to set a C-quick to the outside hitter using the timing of a B-quick to a middle blocker. I also learnt how to set the ball while looking at the opposing blocker. The coach sternly enforced this saying that all world class setters does so.

I'm curious about the training style in Europe leagues. Dayeong: It was so different in comparison to v-league. Though the Greece league is not a big league in Europe, the level was still very high. It was especially difficult. The difference in physical and speed was big. Especially in terms of speed. The training was systematic yet detailed. Even though the training schedule was split 1h30min in the morning, and 2hrs in the afternoon, it was short but thorough. Situations from actual matches would be organized systematically, and we would focus till we were able to complete them all during the training. If there were any mistakes in any play during the training, training will be paused and everyone will gather to talk about it, before repeating it till we get it right. The trainings were as detailed as the real match, and we did not simply go over them roughly. During the season we would rest for one day after the match, and train continuously for the rest of the week. We did not relax and it felt like the amount of training was more compared to v-league.

I'm curious about how you travelled to Away Games, and how your life was like outside (the court). Dayeong: When we faced the Romania team during the CEV Cup, we travelled for 22 hours by bus. We took up to 25 hours on our way back. All the players would sleep on the bus and we would sometimes get off at a rest stop to have a meal, and that was all. The travelling was really difficult. If there was a match at Athens, we would take 8 hours just travelling by bus. We would return on the same day after the match ends. The travelling was the most difficult compared to v-league.

It must not have been easy leaving PAOK. Dayeong: It was even more so (difficult) because they were the team which had called for me when I was having a difficult time. Even my teammates whom I played together with said that it was 'a pity' regarding my move to the Romanian league. The staffs of the club also said 'we would miss you a lot' 'let's meet again next year'. I am reminded of the PAOK president and the general manager who took care of the team.They were the people and team who had took me in and embraced me when I was having the most difficult time. I could not feel good about packing my bags and leaving when they had treated me so well like a daughter.

You had a very difficult time while facing an extreme amount of criticism 1 year ago. If you were to look back on it? Dayeong: No one will be able to understand the circumstances I faced and how I felt during that time. I tried my hardest to not fall apart amidst that difficult time thinking that 'I have to (at least) do my job well if I wish to be able to say anything at all even it were much later'. I endured it alone because there was no one around me in Greece who had heard anything about it, nor anyone who criticized me. I treated the past year as a time to look back and grow mentally. I had a lot of worries when I was returning, but the people who had recognized me at the airport approached me first and held my hands encouraging me saying 'you endured well' and 'find strength'. It was really a big relief for me. I want to live well again and I will definitely succeed in overseas leagues.

루마니아 리그 라피드 부쿠레슈티에서 해외 리그 2번째 시즌을 맞이하는 이다영이 25일 출국한다. 8월 초 출국 예정이었지만 세계선수권대회 등 국제 대회로 유럽 리그 대부분이 소속 선수의 팀 합류 일정을 연기했다. 이다영도 이 바람에 출국을 연기하고 개인 훈련을 해왔다. 지난해에는 해외 이적을 놓고 대한배구협회와 오랜 실랑이를 하느라 10월 17일에야 그리스로 출국했다. 지금은 국제배구연맹(FIVB)이 인정하는 자유 신분으로 해외 진출의 걸림돌은 모두 사라졌다. 이다영은 이미 주한 루마니아 대사관에서 취업 비자도 받았다. 비록 축하를 받고 떠난 해외 진출은 아니었지만, 이다영은 그리스 리그 PAOK의 주전 세터로 역량을 보여줬다. 덕분에 훨씬 좋은 조건으로 루마니아의 명문 팀에서 새 시즌을 시작한다. 부쿠레슈티는 통산 19번 리그 우승을 차지한 전통의 팀이다. 가장 최근의 우승은 2005~2006시즌이었다. 지난 1년여 동안 그에 관해 많은 보도가 쏟아졌지만, 누구도 직접 얘기를 들지는 못했다. 출국을 앞둔 이다영에게 그동안 어떻게 지냈고 앞으로의 계획이 무엇인지 물었다.

-이제 출국이다. 다시 새로운 곳에서 시즌을 시작해야 한다. 두렵지 않은가. “두렵지는 않지만 한 단계 높은 리그에서 뛰어야 하기에 느낌이 다르다. PAOK에서 1년을 지내면서 나름 유럽 리그의 특징과 스타일에 적응했다. 이제는 감독이 무엇을 원하는지 빨리 알 것 같다.” -유럽 리그의 스타일이라고 했는데 구체적으로 무엇인지 궁금하다. “미들블로커의 활용을 높이고 이들을 이용한 빠른 플레이를 하는 것이다. 전위를 활용해 백어택을 많이 활용하는 것이 최근 유럽 배구의 스타일이다. 그리스 리그에서는 전위 위주의 공격을 많이 시도했는데 새로운 팀에서는 후위를 많이 활용해야 할 듯하다.” -5월에 그리스 리그를 마친 이후 어떻게 지냈는지 궁금하다.

“시즌이 끝나자마자 아는 언니가 있는 캐나다 밴쿠버로 가서 한 달 정도 지냈다. 이후 런던으로 이동해 며칠 머물렀고 그리스로 돌아가 일주일간 짐을 정리한 뒤 6월 25일 귀국했다. 한국에서는 가족과 시간도 보냈고 어릴 때 알던 친구, 친한 언니들도 만나 수다도 떨며 지냈다. 쉬는 동안에도 훈련은 꾸준히 했다. 주변에서 많은 분들이 도와준 덕분이다. 감사드린다. ” -새 소속 팀 부쿠레슈티로부터 따로 훈련 스케줄을 받은 것이 있는지. “아직은 없다. 도착하자마자 바로 볼 훈련을 시작할 것 같은데 그래서 한국에서 어느 정도 준비를 했다. 새 시즌까지 준비 기간이 두 달도 채 남지 않았다.” -PAOK의 많은 이들이 좋아했고 성적도 나쁘지 않았는데 이적했다. 이유가 궁금하다. “3월 초에 부쿠레슈티에서 연락이 왔다. 파를로 카리시 감독이 나를 원한다고 했다. 그리스 리그에서 올림피아코스를 1위로 만든 감독인데 상대 팀으로 경기를 할 때 나를 잘 봤던 모양이다. 얘기를 나눈 적도 없는데 ‘이 선수를 키워보고 싶다’면서 영입 의사를 밝혔다. 기다리면 더 좋은 조건과 다른 리그에서 제안이 올 수도 있었지만 나를 믿어주는 사람과 해보고 싶어서 일찍 결정했다. 앞으로 해외 리그에서 오래 선수 생활을 하려면 더 배워야 한다. 지금은 실력을 키워야 할 때다. 계약을 마치고 난 뒤 이탈리아와 폴란드 리그의 몇몇 팀에서 영입 제의가 왔다고 들었다. 그 말을 듣고 놀랐다. ‘그 팀이 나를?’ 이런 생각이었다.”

-루마니아 리그의 수준과 부쿠레슈티에서 함께 뛸 선수의 정보는 있는지. “구체적인 것은 모른다. 그리스 리그보다 수준이 더 높다는 것만 알고 있다. 부쿠레슈티에서 함께 뛸 2명의 미들블로커는 조금 안다. 한 명은 그리스 리그 파나티나이코스에서 뛰던 선수로 캐나다 대표팀 주장이다. 또 한 명은 예전 VNL에서 만났다.” -PAOK에서는 시즌 도중에 감독이 교체됐는데. “이전 감독은 나를 영입했고 예뻐했다. 감독이 바뀌고 나서 힘든 시기도 있었다. 대신 얻은 것도 있다. 이탈리아 출신의 새 감독에게서 많은 것을 배웠다.”

-조금 더 구체적으로 얘기한다면. “감독 덕분에 이탈리아 배구 스타일을 알았다. 특히 기억나는 것은, 센터 플레이다. 미들블로커를 이용한 오버 플레이를 배웠다. 미들블로커에게 B퀵을 쏴주는 타임에서 윙 공격수에게 C퀵을 쏴주는 것이다. 또 2단 연결 때 상대 블로커를 보고 패스하는 것도 배웠다. 세계적인 세터들이 모두 그렇게 한다면서 감독이 엄하게 시켰다.” -유럽 리그의 훈련 방식도 궁금하다. “V리그와 비교하면 너무 달랐다. 그리스 리그가 유럽에서 빅 리그는 아니라고 하지만 수준이 엄청 높았다. 굉장히 힘들었다. 피지컬과 스피드의 차이가 컸다. 특히 스피드가 남달랐다. 훈련은 체계적이면서도 디테일하게 했다. 훈련 시간은 오전, 오후로 각각 나뉘어 1시간 30분, 2시간 진행되는데 굵고 짧게 했다. 실전에서 나올 상황을 체계적으로 정리해 훈련 시간에 그것을 다 할 때까지 집중했다. 훈련 도중 어떤 플레이가 잘못되면 멈추고 모두 모여서 얘기를 한 뒤 그것이 제대로 될 때까지 했다. 훈련도 실전처럼 내용 있게 했고 대충 넘어가지 않았다. 시즌 때는 경기 끝나고 하루만 쉬고 다음 경기까지 일주일간 계속 연습했다. 느슨하지 않았고 훈련량은 V리그와 비교해서 더 많다는 느낌이었다.” -상대 경기장까지 이동 등 코트 밖의 생활도 궁금하다.