RUS vs. ARG
After a slow start of the match from both sides full of service errors, Argentina was the first to go ahead on a scoreboard 9-6. The highest percentage of the balls in Russian attack went to Mikhailov and after sending shots wide, he began to score as Russia took the lead 12-11. To be honest, not so impressive volleyball was seen in Set 1. Russia created the gap 19-16, after Argentinians shot unprecisely, and kept it all the way 25-18.
Conte and Zornetta boosted the rhythm of the South Americans in Set 2 for their 8-4 and 13-7 lead! Russian head coach Alekno figured out that setter Grankin has been choosing bad solutions, replacing him with Butko but the set was already slipping from „Zbornaya’s“ hands 19-11. Muserskiy was playful in the finish, trying to reach Argentina’s advantage but couldn’t play alone, although his team came to 23-20. Tetyukhin’s poor spike marked the end, 25-21 for Argentina.
Argentina’s coach Velasco was forced to call time-out already after four points in Set 3 (3-1). Mikhailov was on fire, while on the other side, Conte seemed to lost some of his energy 12-6. With three points scored in a row, Argentina approached to 12-8. Russia missed several opportunities to break the rival especially because of a bad day of its both setters. Nevertheless, two consecutive points from Volvich opened the way for Russia 25-18.
With substantial advantage in serves and blocks, Russia was marching towards victory. In Set 4, Conte’s and Crer’s spikes were heavily grounded, while Mikhailov was unstoppable, followed by Kurkaev 11-4. „Zbornaya“ had a win in its pocket that couldn’t be spoiled even with three consecutive points from Conte at 19-7. The game finished with final 25-20.
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