Dinamo Moscow
In 1. set Resovia took the lead with the block on Veres (4:1) and the ace of Grozer (6:3). However, Pavlov turned the result: 6:7. Then Moscow took the lead with the blocks on Bojic and Lotman (8:11). The service of Grankin and Kalinin led to 11:16. Dinamo retained the advantage and Pavlov closed the set with 20:25.
In 2. set Dinamo made 2 break points thanks to Veres (4:7) and Pavlov 5:10. In Resovia, Lotman stayed on the court and Dobrowolski entered instead of Tichacek. Kalinin with the ace reversed the situation (9:13).
Lotman evened the result (15:15) and Akhrem scored the ace, reversing the result (16:15). Two consecutive blocks on Pavlov led to 21:18 and 22:18. Then Nowakowski closed the set with 25:22.
In 3. set Dinamo was better at the start with 2 blocks and the counterattack of Pavlov (1:4). The ace of Veres (3:7) and the counterattack of Kalinin (4:9) increased the gap which remaied stable up to 7:12. Pavlov secured a new advantage of Dinamo with 16:21 and then closed the set with 20:25.
In 4. set Dinamo started well with the lead of 1:4 thanks to Pavlov and Veres. With the ace of Veres (3:7), one point of Kalinin and the ace of Lee, Dinamo got to 5:10. Resovia made a comeback thanks to Lotman and Grozer 8:10. Then it took the lead of 14:13. Grozer was excellent in attack and scored 20:18. Dinamo made 2 errors (22:19 and 24:21) and Grozer closed the set with 25:23.
In 5. set after the even result of 3:3, Resovia made the break with Bojic and Grozer 6:3. Then the error of Grozer (7:6) and the block of Pavlov lowered the difference (9:6). Resovia got the advantage of 12:8, but did not manage to secure it. Pavlov evened the result 13:13. Again thanks to him and Veres Dinamo won in tie-break with 13:15.
CEV Cup: Finals: Round (March 28)
Asseco Resovia Rzeszow – Dinamo Moscow 2:3 (20:25, 25:22, 20:25, 25:23, 13:15)
Asseco Resovia Rzeszow: Tichacek 0, Bojic 5, Grzyb 4, Grozer 27, Akhrem 16, Nowakowski 16, Ignaczak (L); Dobrowolski 1, Lotman 12, Kosok 0
Did not enter: Gontariu, Mika
Coach: Kowal
Dinamo Moscow: Grankin 8, Kalinin 11, Lee 9, N. Pavlov 24, Veres 19, Shcherbinin 7, Bragin (L); Markin 1, Kruglov 2, Bezrukov 0
Did not enter: Stepanyan (L), Kharitonov
Coach: Cherednik
