The derby of this round, but also of the entire championship, was played in Osijek, where the undefeated and leading Mladost and the host Mursa Osijek, the second-placed team that has suffered only one defeat so far, met 0-3 in Zagreb. Players from Osijek had a great motive in this match, they wanted to take revenge for the defeat in the final of the Croatian Cup ten days ago, also in Osijek, when they lost the trophy they won last year against Kaštela.
In the end, after 123 minutes of great fighting, it was 3-2 (16-25, 25-21, 25-23, 18-25, 15-13) for the hosts.
In just 63 minutes, Kitro Varaždin beat Sisak at home with 3-0 (13, 15, 22), thus retaining the fourth position in the Super League table. After the meeting, Varaždin volleyball player Luka Somođi said:
“This was an easy game for us, we played against a weaker opponent than in the past few rounds. We entered the game with 100% and that’s how we solved it, with a maximum of 3- 0. Immediately after the game, we have already started preparations for the next match, on Wednesday, March 23, in the backlog against Mladost in Zagreb. We will do our best and try to score some points against them. “
Ribola Kaštela with 3-0 (24, 19, 14) beat Centrometal away, in 83 minutes, consolidating its third position while the match between Rovinj and Split ended in five sets. After 109 minutes of the game, the guests from Split celebrated with 3-2 (15-25, 25-19, 25-22, 24-26, 15- 6) who are currently in fifth place, skipping Centrometal.
In the rear derby, Zadar, as the host, defeated the last-placed Gorica with 3-1 (25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 25-23), in 102 minutes of play. As a guest in Slavonski Brod, Rijeka beat Marsonia 3- 1 (23-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-18) in a match that lasted 104 minutes.
Ivan Pejanović, a volleyball player from Marsonia, said after the match:
“Sandro Dukić was an advantage, he is the best and most experienced player from Rijeka for whom we had no solution. We played well in the first set, but we didn’t last until the end. In the end, we must not be dissatisfied, because the good season is behind us, given that this is the youngest team ever in the history of the club. We are left with only the last placed Gorica in the last round. “
The Slavonian derby was very interesting in Women’s Superleague, in which Enna Vukovar beat Osijek 3-2 (19-25, 25-15, 14-25, 25-15, 15- 6), a match in which both teams showed a lot of progress. and falls during the 103 minutes of the game. Mladost easily defeated Veli Vrh with 3-0 (17, 13, 19) in 63 minutes, retaining the leading position with almost 20-0 and 59 points. Second-placed Marina Kaštela (54 points, score 18-1) also beat Karlovac in Kaštela 3-0 (14, 20, 15) after 68 minutes of play.
In another derby, the one in Split, OK Split celebrated against Brda with 3-0 (18, 22, 20) after 79 minutes of play. Both teams equalized in the number of points (12), but Split is still penultimate with almost 2-17, while Brda has 4-15.
It was also very interesting in Zagreb, where Dinamo longed to take revenge on Kaštela for the recent defeat in the same hall in the semifinals of the domestic Cup. In the end, the players from Zagreb celebrated with 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 25-16) in a match that lasted 95 minutes and in which the Dinamo had 12 aces (Kaštela half less), 57 points in the attack against 40 guests who were dominant in the block, 10 against 3 home, in which Andrea Mihaljević with 21 points was the most effective in the game. With this victory, Dinamo strengthened its third position in the table, with 38 points and almost 13-7.
The match between the last-placed Dubrovnik and Rijeka CO has been postponed.
