Poland: Resovia returning to fight for top 4, Nowakowski push Warszawa over Katowice and Radom back to the victory

Asseco Resovia Rzeszów stunned Trefl Gdańsk in the 2020/21 Polish Plusliga regular season.
It seems that they have woken up to reach the top 4 in the PlusLiga charts for the playoffs: in a delayed match of the 1st round, they prevailed over third-placed Trefl in 5 sets, partially 25:20, 29:31, 26:24, 17:25, and 17:15. With a third victory in a row, to which they were led by Slovenian Klemen Čebulj (23 points, including 4 blocks) and Estonian Timo Tammemaa (MVP of the match with 11 points, 54% in attack and 4 blocks), Resovia claimed 6th place in the standings.

Such an outcome suited VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa: The team from polish Polish capital earned the 4th victory in a row (3-0 vs GKS Katowice in Round 21) and reduced the gap in relation to Trefl to just 2 points. Bartosz Kwolek scored 16 points for the team commanded by Andrea Anastasi while Piotr Nowakowski (MVP of the match) set up as many as 8 blocks, and Igor Grobelny had 74 % reception (23 digs 35 % perfect).
In evening match, Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom defeats last-placed MKS Bedzin in straight sets after 5 losses in a row.

📌| 2020/21 Polish PlusLiga regular season – weekend program

• Recovery match of Round 6
| PGE Skra Belchatow – Jastrzebski Wegiel 0-3 (25:27, 23:25, 18:25)
• Recovery match of Round 21
| Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle – Slepsk Malow Suwalki 3-1 (26:24, 26:24, 23:25, 25:23)

• January 17 | Recovery match of Round 1
| Asseco Resovia Rzeszow — Trefl Gdansk 3-2 (25:20, 29:31, 26:24, 17:25, 17:15)
Top Scorers: Cebulj 23, Butryn 18, Tammemaa 11, Jendryk 9, Buszek 9, Parodi assente; Lipinski 25, Wlazly 22, Reicher 14, Mordyl 8, Crer 4, Janusz 4. MVP: Tammemaa.

• Round 21
| GKS Katowice — VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa 0-3 (25:27, 10:25, 19:25)
Top Scorers: Nowakowski 9, Kwasowski 8, Zniszczol 8, Jarosz 7; Kwolek 16, P. Nowakowski 15, Superlak 12, Wrona 7. MVP: Nowakowski.

| Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom — MKS Bedzin 3-0 (29:27, 25:20, 26:24)
Top Scorers: Konarski 19, Sander 16, Dryja 10, Yosifov 10, Lucas Loh 8; José Ademar Santana 20, Fawna 9, Bobrowsi 7, Kalembka 6. MVP: Kedzierski.

📄| Standings
Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle 53
Jastrzebski Wegiel 40
Trefl Gdansk 37
VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa 35
Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie 30
Asseco Resovia Rzeszow 28
PGE Skra Belchatow 27
Slepsk Malow Suwalki 26
GKS Katowice 26
Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom 22
Indykpol AZS Olsztyn 21
Cuprum Lubin 17
Stal Nysa 16
MKS Bedzin 6