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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