Russia: Revenge for Dinamo LO and Surgut against Belgorod and Orenburg. St. Petersburg also wins

The three days of the Russian Superliga with a mix of Rounds 5 and 17 ended today with others 3 games. Led by the 20 points with 74% in attack and 3 aces (including the one that closed the match) of the ex-Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg Divis, Dinamo LO took revenge 3-1 on Belogorie Belgorod, after having risked losing the fourth set (from 21:16 to 23:24 and 24:25, before closing 28:26). Among the guests Chervyakov (from the 2nd set) and Kolodinskiy (from the 3rd) returned to the field.
Revenge also for Gazprom Surgut who overcame Neftyanik Orenburg in four sets after a hard-fought match. Closed the picture the clear 3-0 of Zenit St. Petersburg over Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk, who did not confirm the good performances of the last few games against the powerhouses Kazan, Kemerovo and Moscow. Zenit Saint Petersburg took the advantage of yesterday’s defeat of the leaders Zenit-Kazan and reduced the deficit in the charts in relation to them to just one point (37 vs 36). This is the 6th win in a row. Viktor Poletaev scored 18 points on the winning side,while Ivan Yakovlev set up 4 blocks, and Evgeniy Andreev had 80 % reception (10 digs, 10 % excellent).

📌| Results of January 9 | Recovery matches of Round 5
• Dinamo LO – Belogorie Belgorod 1-3 (27:25, 21:25, 22:25, 23:25)
• Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 2-3 (14:25, 27:29, 36:34, 25:20, 15:17)

📌| Results of January 10 | Recovery match of Round 5
• Gazprom Surgut — Neftyanik Orenburg 2-3 (25:20, 20:25, 25:22, 22:25, 13:15)

📌| Round 17
• Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 1-3 (25:22, 23:25, 22:25, 21:25)
• Fakel Novy Urengoy – Ural Ufa 0-3 (22:25, 19:25, 23:25)
• Kuzbass Kemerovo – Zenit Kazan 3-0 (29:27, 25:23, 25:19)

🗓| January 11 | Round 17
• Dinamo LO – Belogorie Belgorod 3-1 (25:22, 25:13, 20:25, 28:26)
Top Scorers: Divis 20, Biryukov 12, Alekseev 12, Busel 11; Nelli 16, Kuznetsov 16, Tetyukhin 11, Chervyakov 9.

• Zenit St. Petersburg – Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 3-0 (25:14, 25:19, 25:17)
Top Scorers: Poletaev 18, Iakovlev 12, Kliuka 10, Ursov 8, Pashytskyi 8; Papazov 9, Masliev 7, Verniy 6.

• Gazprom Surgut – Neftyanik Orenburg 3-1 (25:20, 21:25, 26:24, 29:27)
Top Scorers: Chereiskiy 18, Fialkovskiy 16, Shchakhbanmirzaev 15, Dovgan 11, Nikishin 11; Shchemyatikhin 16, Shchadilov 15, Purin 12, Erkin 11.

🗓| Round 17 on February 17
• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk — Dinamo Moscow

📄| STANDINGS
Zenit Kazan 37
Zenit St. Petersburg 36
Kuzbass Kemerovo 34
Dinamo Moscow 32
Fakel Novy Urengoy 31
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 24
Ural Ufa 23
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 21
Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 21
Belogorie Belgorod 16
ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 12
Dinamo LO 11
Neftyanik Orenburg 10
Gazprom Surgut 10