Russia: Dinamo Moscow down Zenit-Kazan second time in 3 days and the others of Round 17
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Dinamo Moscow were without a victory against Zenit-Kazan for nearly a decade but now they beat them 2 times in just 3 days!
Dinamo achieved a double 3-point worth victory against the same rivals in just 3 days in the 2020/21 Russian Superliga Parimatch regular season, both on the road, demonstrating a clear dominance over the most titled club in the country at the moment.
With the 10th successive win, of which 5 were in the league (this one in Round 18), the team commanded by Konstantin Bryanskiy took over third place in the standings from Zenit-Kazan. As for the giants from the Tatarstan region, they suffered the 6th defeat in the last 7 games. In the absence of their top scorer this season, Bulgarian Tsvetan Sokolov, the most prolific player of Dinamo Moscow today was Romanas Shkulyavichus, author of 16 points.
On the other hand, the Zenit Saint Petersburg’s leadership didn’t last long, as Kuzbass beat Neftyanik for the second time in 4 days (3-1) and squeezed Tuomas Sammelvuo’s team to second place. Italian superstar Ivan Zaytsev (16 points), Mikhail Shcherbakov (5 blocks), and Serbian Petar Krsmanović (75 % attack; 12/16, 1 error, blocked 1 time) stood out on the winning side.
On the other matches, Gazprom Surgut defeats at home Dinamo LO at tie break, clear straight sets win for ASK Nizhniy Novgorod over Belogorie Belgorod, and three points also for Ural Ufa, who defeats Yenisey Krasnoyarsk in four sets. Close the picture Fakel Novy Urengoy’s tie break victory on the field of Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk.
📌| Results & Program Round 18
🗓| January 16
• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Zenit St. Petersburg 0-3 (20:25, 12:25, 15:25)
🗓| January 17
• Gazprom Surgut – Dinamo LO 3-2 (23:25, 25:23, 22:25, 25:21, 17:15) Top Scorers: Chereiskiy 19, Shchakhbanmirzaev 16, Kostilenko 14, Fialkovskiy 14; Shpilev 22, Biryukov 20, N. Alekseev 15, Melnikov 11.
• ASK Nizhniy Novgorod – Belogorie Belgorod 3-0 (25:20, 25:20, 25:22) Top Scorers: Vietskiy 18, Titich 14, Valeev 10, Nikonenko 6; Nelli 12, Kuznetsov 7, Chervyakov 6, Samoylenko 5.
• Ural Ufa – Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 3-1 (27:25, 22:25, 25:23, 25:18)
Top Scorers: Perrin 24, Rybakov 11, Kolenkovskiy 10, Muzaj 10; Klets 19, Iereshchenko 17, Kritskiy 11, Zhuk 8.
• Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk – Fakel Novy Urengoy 2-3 (16:25, 22:25, 25:23, 25:22, 12:15)
Top Scorers: Masliev 19, Makarenko 17, Papazov 14, Piun 9; D. Volkov 23, Dikarev 17, Bogdan 16, Aleksey Safonov 10, Zhigalov 8.
• Zenit Kazan – Dinamo Moscow 0-3 (22:25, 24:26, 18:25)
Top Scorers: Ngapeth 14, Bednorz 13, Mikhaylov 8, Kononov 4, Smolyar 4; Shkulyavichus 16, Podlesnykh 9, Deroo 8, Vlasov 7, Pankov 5, Likhosherstov 3.
• Neftyanik Orenburg – Kuzbass Kemerovo 1-3 (22:25, 25:20, 22:25, 27:29)
Top Scorers: Shchemyatikhin 15, Purin 15, Ananiev 12, Kuhno 10, Erkin 7; Zaytsev 16, Krsmanovic 15, Karpukhov 15, Markin 13, Shcherbakov 8.
📄| Standings
Kuzbass Kemerovo 40
Zenit St Petersburg 39
Dinamo Moscow 38
Zenit Kazan 37
Fakel Novy Urengoy 33
Ural Ufa 26
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 24
Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 22
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 21
Belogorie Belgorod 16
Gazprom Surgut 15
ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 15
Dinamo LO 12
Neftyanik Orenburg 10
