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RUS M: Poletaev and Kuzbass were so close, but Zenit are simply unbeatable!

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Zenit Kazan defeated Kuzbass Kemerovo on the road after a major comeback.

Zenit Kazan

Zenit Kazan

It all looked like that Zenit Kazan might suffer their very first defeat in the 2016/17 Russian Championship. The reigning champions were down by 0-2 in sets against Kuzbass Kemerovo, they were playing on the away court and they could not find a solution to stop young gun Viktor Poletaev.

But, then Zenit Kazan showed their real strength. The most dominant Russian volleyball team firstly tied the score to 2-2 in sets, while then they opened the tie-break with a 8:1 run! Still, Kuzbass Kemerovo refused to surrender and they reduced the margin to 8:7, while couple of point later they managed to level the score – 14:14!

However, in the crucial moments, the boys from Kazan made two points in a row and won the match by 16:14, 3-2 in sets.

Viktor Poletaev of Kuzbass Lemerovo was the top scorer of the match with 25 points. On the other side, Maxim Mikhailov made 20 points for Zenit Kazan.  

DATE/TIME TEAMS SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 STATS VIDEOS
05.02.17:30 LOKOMOTIV NOVOSIBIRSK – GAZPROM-YUGRA SURGUT 3:1 25:23 25:23 23:25 25:22      
05.02.18:00 DINAMO LENINGRADSKAYA OBLAST – URAL UFA 0:0              
05.02.18:00 DINAMO MOSCOW – YUGRA SAMOTLOR NIZHNEVARTOVSK 0:0              
05.02.18:00 FAKEL NOVY URENGOY – NEFTYANIK ORENBURG 0:0              
05.02.18:00 KUZBASS KEMEROVO – ZENIT KAZAN DINAMO-TATTRANSGAZ KAZAN 2:3 25:22 25:20 21:25 20:25 14:16    
05.02.18:00 BELOGORIE BELGOROD LOKOMOTIV BELOGOROD – ENISEY / YENISEI KRASNOYARSK 0:0              
05.02.18:00 NOVA NOVOKUYBISHEVSK – DINAMO KRASNODAR 0:0              

 

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