Russia: Novosibirsk defeat former leaders Zenit St. Petersburg at tie break. Kasnoyarsk, Kazan and Moscow ok

Round 20 of 2022/23 PARI Суперлига мужчины continued today with other four games.

Another big match and another setback: Zenit St. Petersburg fall to Lokomotiv!
Until only 10 days ago, Zenit Saint-Petersburg was untouchable with a perfect score of 18-0 to the rest of the competition’s rivals, but now things start to change.
They lost to the titleholders, Dinamo Moscow and today, they also lost another big match, to Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, and definitely gave away leadership to Zenit-Kazan.
In a sold-out Lokomotiv Arena, 5,000 fans came to see a five-set thriller that luckily went in the favor of their players, 3-2 (25:23, 20:25, 20:25, 25:22, 15:12).
Ilya Kazachenkov topped Lokomotiv with 28 points while Konstantin Abaev made four blocks. Egor Kliuka recorded 22 points for Zenit, while Ivan Yakovlev and Maksim Kosmin set up four blocks each.

All easy for leaders Zenit Kazan, who easily won on the field
of Stroitel Minsk – 0-3 (16:25, 18:25, 23:25), and Dinamo Moscow, who down Dynamo-LO at home with the same result (25:21, 25:20, 25:15).
Three points also for Yenisei Krasnoyarsk, who beat Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk by 3-1 (25:27, 25:19, 25:21, 25:15).
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🇷🇺| 2022/23 PARI Суперлига мужчины | Round 20

| Friday | January 27, 2023
• Neftyanik Orenburg – Kuzbass Kemerovo 0-3 (19:25, 20:25, 24:26)
• Gazprom-Yugra Surgut – Fakel Novy Urengoy 0-3 (15:25, 10:25, 35:37)
• Ural Ufa – ASK Nizhny Novgorod 3-2 (25:21, 22:25, 25:19, 22:25, 15:10)

👉🏼 Saturday | January 28, 2023
• Yenisei Krasnoyarsk – Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 3-1 (25:27, 25:19, 25:21, 25:15)
• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Zenit St. Petersburg 3-2 (25:23, 20:25, 20:25, 25:22, 15:12)
• Stroitel Minsk – Zenit Kazan 0-3 (16:25, 18:25, 23:25)
• Dynamo Moscow – Dynamo-LO 3-0 (25:21, 25:20, 25:15)

| Sunday | January 29, 2023
• Nova Novokuybyshevsk – Belogorie Belgorod 0-3 (20:25, 14:25, 20:25)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Zenit Kazan 58
2. Zenit St. Petersburg 55
3. Dynamo Moscow 52
4. Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 39
5. Kuzbass Kemerovo 37
6. Belogorie Belgorod 35
7. Dynamo-LO 35
8. Ural Ufa 34
9. Fakel Novy Urengoy 33
11. Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 21
10. Gazprom-Yugra Surgut 20
12. ASK Nizhny Novgorod 18
13. Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 13
14. Neftyanik Orenburg 9
15. Nova Novokuybyshevsk 8
16. Stroitel Minsk 7

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