Agamez
With 40 points of Colombian Agamez, Arkas Izmir of the coach Glenn Hoag, subverts all the predictions of the vigil, 0:3 of the first round and becomes the first Turkish team to reach Final Four in the Champions League.
In the semifinals it will play on the court of Skra Belchatow. Next to Agamez is the former player of Piacenza, Bravo (20 points).
In Lokomotiv Novosibirsk the exceptions were Millar and Biryukov (23 points with 50% in attack in 6 sets).
The game
1. Set: Lokomotiv took advantage of 2:3 points thanks to 3 points from the counterattack of Sanchez. It won the first set with the difference of 2 points.
2. Set: Lokomotiv was forward only a point to the second technical timeout, but then the ace of Zhilin (16:19) and the counterattack of Sanchez led to 16:20. With the excellent playing of Biryukov Lokomotiv won with 18:25.
3. Set: Turks did not give up and this time they led with 16:14. The error of Sanchez (23:21) and the attack of Agamez led to 24:21. Izmir won the set with 25:22.
4. Set: Cuban Sanchez left the court to Voronkov and Izmir took the lead of 19:16 and 21:18. Novosibirsk defended 2 set-points, but the point of Duff led to tie-break (25:23).
5. Set: After a good start for Lokomotiv (1:3) Izmir took the lead of 5:3. Biryukov evened the result 8:8, but Izmir won 2 points. Sanchez tried to make up with 2 consecutive aces (11:12). However, the wrong service of Voronkov (15:14), and the ace of Agamez were decisive: 16:14.
Golden Set: Arkas Izmir took the lead with 6 points of Agamez and defeated Lokomotiv Novosibirsk with 15:11.
