With the victory over Dinamo Moscow 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-14), Zenit stayed on the top of the standings (9 out of 9) but they also won their sixth trophy of Supercup. Maxim Mikhailov was the top score with 14 points followed by Artem Volvich 10 points.
Vladimir Alekno, head coach of Zenit:”The most important and valuable today was that the Supercup helped us to bring a full hall. Of course, the game did not last long, but I think everyone enjoyed it. Dinamo have a lot of injured players but we were well prepared for this match. Tactically we played well, and somewhere we were stronger due to the class of players.”
Nova Novokuybishevsk scored their seventh victory in the Superleague, today they defeated Gazprom-Yugra Surgut in the tie-break (26-28, 25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 15-3).
After the defeat from Dinamo Moscow, Ural Ufa celebrated the new win, this time against Yaroslavich 3-1 (21-25, 25-15, 27-25, 25-21).
Fakel Novy Urengoy outplayed outsiders Yugra Samotlor in the league with 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-13).
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