Russia: round 7 - three points for Dinamo Moscow, Zenit Kazan e St. Petersburg

Russia: round 7 – three points for Dinamo Moscow, Zenit Kazan e St. Petersburg

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12 November 2022 Ivan

Round 7 of 2022/23 PARI Суперлига мужчины, Russian Superliga, continued today with other three games.

In first match scheduled, Dinamo Moscow needed four sets to down a so far quite disappointing Kuzbass Kemerovo, at this moment 8th
with 11 points in the current charts. Partially it was 1-3 – 25:20, 16:25, 24:26 and 16:25.
Three points also for Zenit Kazan, who destroy Dinamo LO with a clear 3-0 (25:20, 25:19, 25:15)

The game in St. Petersburg between the home side of Zenit and a foreign side of Stroitel, from Belarus, was important for two facts: first, the American star Matthew Anderson made his debut for Zenit in a league match (he played in the second phase of the Russian Cup) and was paired up with Egor Kliuka on the outside hitter’s position.
Moreover, the team was led by former Russia Women’s National Team head coach, Sergio Busato, instead of Andrey Tolochko, who was temporarily absent due to illness.
But this didn’t seem to be important at all in the match between the first (and undefeated) and the last (16th and winless) teams of the Superliga! Partially, in fact, it was 25:17, 25:14 and 25:14.
Viktor Poletaev was the top scorer for the winners with 17 points (83% attack, 10/12) and 6 aces, while the Frenchman Jénia Grebennikov made 92% (12 digs, 33% excellent).

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🇷🇺| 2022/23 PARI Суперлига | Round 7

| Friday | November 11, 2022
• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Belogorie Belgorod 3-0 (25:17, 30:28, 25:21)
• Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk – Nova Novokuybyshevsk 3-1 (25:17, 25:19, 21:25, 25:20)
• ASK Nizhny Novgorod – Neftyanik Orenburg 3-1 (27:25, 20:25, 25:22, 25:20)

👉🏼 Saturday | November 12, 2022
• Kuzbass Kemerovo – Dynamo Moscow 1-3 (25:20, 16:25, 24:26, 16:25)
• Zenit Kazan – Dinamo LO 3-0 (25:20, 25:19, 25:15)
• St. Petersburg – Stroitel Minsk 3-0 (25:17, 25:14, 25:14)

| Sunday | November 13, 2022
• Fakel Novy Urengoy – Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 0-3 (22:25, 25:27, 23:25)
• Gazprom-Yugra Surgut – Ural Ufa 1-3 (19:25, 29:27, 22:25, 21:25)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Zenit St. Petersburg 20
2. Dynamo Moscow 17
3. Zenit Kazan 16
4. Fakel Novy Urengoy 15
5. Dynamo-LO 15
6. Ural Ufa 12
7. Belogorie Belgorod 12
8. Kuzbass Kemerovo 11
9. Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 10
10. Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 9
11. ASK Nizhny Novgorod 8
12. Gazprom-Yugra Surgut 8
13. Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 7
14. Neftyanik Orenburg 2
15. Nova Novokuybyshevsk 0
16. Stroitel Minsk 0