In the wake of the great comeback after being down 0:2 against Lokomotiv NOVOSIBIRSK, Shipulin‘s players defeated Zenit KAZAN in the tie-break. Anderson scored 27 points with 57% in att., but it was not enough to compensate for Mikhailov‘s bad day (28% att.) In BELGOROD, as usual, Muserskiy was the top scorer (21 points with 4 aces and 5 blocks).
BELGOROD had the chance to win in less than five sets, it was leading 22-23, and 14-18 and 22-24 in the 3rd set.
Zenit Kazan – Belogorie Belgorod 2:3 (25:23, 16:25, 27:25, 16:25, 11:15)
Zenit Kazan: Anderson 27, Apalikov 4, Vermiglio 1, Sivozhelez 7, Abrosimov 5, Mikhailov 12, Babichev (L); Obmochaev (L), Cheremisin 4, Berezhko 2, Kolodinskiy 1, Demakov 0. Non entrato: Matychenko. Coach: Alekno.
Belogorie: Khtey 15, Duff 13, Tetyukhin 12, Grozer 16, Muserskiy 21, Makarov, Ermakov (L); Kosarev 0, Zhigalov 8, Kobzar 0. Non entrati: Kuznetsvo, Khanipov, Ilinykh, Eremin (L). Coach: Shipulin.
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