Zenit-Kazan vs. Lokomotiv | Semifinals (2nd match) | Highlights | Бетсити Cup of Russia

Both Plamen Konstantinov and his colleague Alexey Verbov fielded their strongest line-ups to date. Coach Kazantsev traditionally released Roman Romanovsky for the first serve, who was soon replaced by Artyom Volvich. The first serious breakaway was successful for the Novosibirsk team: Ilya Kazachenkov first knocked Sam Deru out of the reception with a powerful serve, and after a timeout made the ace shortened - 14:10. Maxim Mikhailov, the diagonal Zenit player, did not get along well in attack, who made three mistakes by the score of 12:16. Loko’s players made mistakes – Omar Kurbanov hit twice in the out, then Martin Atanasov missed the court – 17:17. In the end, Zenit fought off Alexander Kostadinov’s attack, but Deru was accurate in the counterattack – 23:21. Kurbanov returned to the set instead of Kostadinov, but immediately received an ace from Dmitry Volkov. And then Omar made a fatal mistake on serve – 25:22 in favor of the hosts. In total, in the first set, Novosibirsk made 8 mistakes on