Kuzbass
In a duel of the leaders of the 2020/21 Russian Men’s Superliga Parimatch regular season, Zenit Saint Petersburg, and third-placed side, Kuzbass, valid for Round 20, the latter prevailed and claimed the vice-leadership in the charts: 3-1 (27-25, 21-25, 25-18, 29-27). At the same time, the Kemerovo team ended Zenit St. Petersburg’s winning streak in the competition that consisted of 8 games.
Evgeniy Sivozhelez top-scored Kuzbass with 22 points of which 5 came from the service line. Serbian Petar Krsmanović made 4 blocks. Viktor Poletaev tallied 26 points for the losing side.
After 5 sets and more than two hours of a play, Zenit-Kazan finally broke their losing streak (4 defeats in a row; 7 defeats in the last 8 games in all competitions). They beat Fakel and took over their position (No.4) in the standings. Maksim Mikhaylov led the winners with 23 points, while Akesandr Volkov set up 6 blocks.
With today’s victory (12th successive in all competitions, 8th successive in the league) over Neftyanik (3-2), Dinamo Moscow became the leaders of the league. Yaroslav Podlesnykh highlighted the club from the Russian capital with 17 points. Ilya Vlasov made 4 blocks.
The reigning champions Lokomotiv (Serbian Dražen Luburić 14 points, Roman Martyniuk 86 % reception /14 digs, 36 % excellent/) swept Enisey and broke their 4-game losing streak.
2020/21 Russian Men’s Superliga Parimatch regular season – Round 20:
Superliga-men-Round-20
————————————————————————————————–
Since you are here…
…we have a small favor to ask. WorldofVolley is one of the most popular volleyball websites in the world that provides many volleyball news daily. We are covering many worldwide competitions, trying to inform all of our fans by publishing breaking news.
Since we want to keep our future much secure, consider this donate button as a way to support our work and to help us grow.
THANK YOU!
