Poland: reconstructed ZAKSA starts new season on right foot. Three points also for Resovia

The champions of Europe Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle started the new season of the Polish Plusliga with a victory.
The PlusLiga runners-up and CEV Champions League titleholders, in the derby of the Upper Silesia region, defeated Stal Nysa 3-0 (25:22, 25:21, 25:20).
Achieving a confident win with the highly reconstructed squad (lost head coach Grbić and a large group of starters including Toniutti, Zatorski and Kochanowski), ZAKSA showed it will not give up on vying for the title in Poland.
Totally the opposite of them, Stal Nysa kept as many as nine players from the last season.
Kamil Semeniuk stood out for the side commanded by Romanian Gheorghe Crețu with 16 points and 65% in attack, and was named MVP of the match.

Mostly thanks to Belgian Sam Deroo (14 points) and Maciej Muzaj (five aces), Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (despite Kochanowski on the bench) defeats Indykpol AZS Olsztyn in straight sets, with a great performance from the service line: 8 aces with only 11 errors for the winners, against 6 aces and 15 errors for the home team.
Big difficulties in attack for Olsztyn who finished with 38% in attack and 16% of team efficiency despite the positive entries from the bench by Salehi and Krol.
Olsztyn relocated to nearby city of Iława due to renovation of their hall Urania.
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| PlusLiga 2021/22 | Results & Program Round 1

| October 1
• LUK Lublin – Jastrzebski Wegiel 1-3 (15:25, 21:25, 25:21, 16:25)

👉🏼 October 2
• Indykpol AZS Olsztyn – Asseco Resovia Rzeszow 0-3 (22:25, 18:25, 20:25)
Top Scorers: DeFalco 9, Butryn 9, Salehi 7, Krol 6; Deroo 14, Cebulj 10, Muzaj 8, Krulicki 5.
MVP: Drzyzga.

• Stal Nysa – Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle 0-3 (22:25, 21:25, 20:25)
Top Scorers: Ben Tara 13, Bucko 11, Penchev 6, Stahl 5, M’Baye 5; Semeniuk 16, Kaczmarek 14, Smith 9, Rejno 8.
MVP: Semeniuk.

| October 3
• Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie – Slepsk Malow Suwalki 3-1 (25:23, 23:25, 25:23, 25:21)
• GKS Katowice – Trefl Gdansk 3-2 (25:20, 25:20, 19:25, 21:25, 15:12)
• Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom – Projekt Warszawa 0-3 (16:25, 17:25, 23:25)

| October 4
• Cuprum Lubin – PGE Skra Belchatow 1-3 (22:25, 19:25, 25:22, 25:27)
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| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
Asseco Resovia Rzeszow 3
Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kedzierzyn—Kozle 3
Jastrzebski Wegiel 3
Indykpol AZS Olsztyn 0
Stal Nysa 0
Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie 0
Slepsk Malow Suwalki 0
GKS Katowice 0
Trefl Gdansk 0
Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom 0
Projekt Warszawa 0
Cuprum Lubin 0
PGE Skra Belchatow 0
LUK Lublin 0
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