A duo of ‘stranieri’, Facundo Conte and Marlon, led Dinamo Krasnodar to achieve a next victory in the Russian Superleague, this time, beating Iskra Odincovo in tie-break. In the group of blue, Belogorie Belgorod wasted an advantage of its field being defeated by Ural Ufa also in five sets.

Dinamo Krasnodar overcome Iskra Odncovo in the match of the weekend in Russia. The livers of the Krasnodar Country won the second game in a row and they are also occupying the second place in the group of red in SuperLeague. The competition was started very well by visitors thank to succeed in spiking. The major ‘guns’ of Krasnodar were Facundo Conte and Denis Zamchenko, who collected almost 40 points for their team (in the whole game).The two consecutive sets fell prey to Iskra Odincovo directed by Denis Kalinin. A good disposition in attack and block let him score 22 points. Kalinin was supported by Gavin Schmitt, who made 20 points (48% efficiency in attack, 1 block). The 4th set and the tie-break were a pure domination of Dinamo. Speedy sets by Marlon and effective attacks by Conte and Mochalov provided the victory for visitors. In consequences, Dinamo Krasnodar gained two points to the standings while Iskra has to be pleased by only one.

Nineteen points of Georgy Grozer and fifteen added by Dimitri Muserskiy were not enough for Belogorie Belgorod in order to triumph over Ural Ufa. Giennadij Szipulin’s players started the match positively because they won the first set, however, as it turned out, it was a nice beginning, but the end of the pathetic. Ural was able to rise and achieve the victory over Belgorod in tie-break. A new acquisition of Ural, Maxim Pantaleymomonenko, made a significant contribution to the success. He has scored 23 points spiking with 53% efficiency in attack. Among the hosts, Grozer made 19 points (39%, 2 aces, 1block), Muserskiy delivered 17 (67%, 3 blocks, 1 ace) and Dmitry Ilinykh added also 17 points. After this failure, Belogorie Belgorod takes only seventh place in the group of blue.

 

All results of the 5th leg
Group of Blue

Gazprom Yugra Surgut – Yaroslavich Yaroslavl 3:1 (25:18, 23:25, 25:17, 25:20)
Top Scorers: Rodichev 17, Mysin 16, Aleksiev 14, Todorov 6, Khabibullin 6; Pluzhnikov 16, Kulikovskiy 8, Pyatak 8, Yudin

 

Belogorie Belgorod – Ural Ufa 2:3 (25:22, 20:25, 25:18, 22:25, 9:15)
Top Scorers: Grozer 19, Muserskiy 17, Ilinykh 17, Khtey 15; Panteleymonenko 23, Maksimov 19, Ashchev 9, Abramov 7

Zenit Kazan – Kuzbass Kemerovo 3:0 (25:19, 25:22, 25:21)
Top Scorers: Mikhaylov 13, Sivozhelez 13, Abrosimov 12, Anderson 6, Vermiglio 3; Moroz 17, Tuia 13, Andrae 8, Shcherbakov 6

 

Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Grozny 3:0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-21)              

Top scorers: Biryukov 14, Nillson 12, Gutsalyuk 8, Volvich 7; Bestuzhev 19, Rykov 7, Mosolkin 4

Group of Red
Fakel Novy Urengoy – Dinamo Moscow 2:3 (14:25, 25:20, 28:30, 25:17, 12:15)
Top Scorers: Bakun 26, Melnik 20, Kritskiy 5, Titich 5; Kruglov 22, Krivets 16, Shcherbinin 13, Poltavskiy 10

Iskra Odintsovo – Dinamo Krasnodar 2:3 (19:25, 25:16, 25:20, 20:25, 12:15)
Top Scorers: Kalinin 22, Schmitt 20, Burtsev 14, Koulechov 8; Conte 21, Zemchenko 18, Mochalov 17, Chervyakov 5, Khilchenko 5

Lokomotiv Kharkhiv – Prikam Perm 3:0 (25:20, 25:21, 25:13)
Top Scorers: Tyutlin 22, Ivanov 9, Depestele 7, Rudnitskiy 6; Kovalev 7, Likhosherstov 5, Zakharov 4, Karpenko 4

Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod – Shakhtar Soligorsk 3:1 (25:27, 25:18, 25:21, 25:16)
Top Scorers: N.Pavlov 30, Savin 10, Nikic 9, Lyamin 9; Ashlei Nemer 13, A.Simeonov 12, Audochanka 9, Miklashevich 9

 

Standings

Group of Blue:

  1. Zenit Kazan 12
  2. Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 12
  3. Ural Ufa 11
  4. Gazprom Yugra Surgut 9
  5. Kuzbass Kemerovo 8
  6. Belogorie Belgorod 7
  7. Yaroslavich Yaroslavl 6
  8. Grozny 4

Group of Red

  1. Iskra Odintsovo 9
  2. Dinamo Krasnodar 9
  3. Fakel Novy Urengoy 9
  4. Dinamo Moscow 8
  5. Lokomotiv Kharkhiv 7
  6. Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod 6
  7. Shakhtar Soligorsk 3
  8. Prikam Perm 0