In the fight for the second ticket to the dreamed final, "Epicenter-Podolyany" and "Zhytychi-Polissia" met.

Like yesterday, a tense struggle continued on the court of the PVLU arena, at least in the third and fourth sets.

Super League-Dmart 2023-2024. Men Semifinals. Second game:

March 29 (Friday)

"Epicenter-Podolyany" - VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" – 3:1 (25:15, 25:13, 22:25, 25:15)

Score in a series: 2-0.

The starting line-up of "Epicenter-Podolanyi": Jorna (scored 9 points), Tervaporti (3), Finger (19), Drozd (7), Smoliar (9), Sydorenko (15), Fomin (l), Zhukov (l). Substitutes: Didenko (2), Kavogo (1).

Head coach: Mauricio Paes.

Starting line-up of VC "Zhytychi-Polissia": Shapoval (scored 12 points), Babich (1), Vilimanovich (4), Rudnytskyi (4), Luban (2), Didovych (19), Khvasta (l), Yablonskyi (l). Substitutes: Roinik (1), Orobko (3), Kuranov (0), Hubenko (0).

Head coach: Serhii Tereikovskyi.

In the opening segment of the confrontation, "Epicenter" dominated on the block, and the "bisons" did well in the attack (9:4 - 14:7). They had a double advantage (21:11), which they held without any problems. 25:15 and 1-0 in favor of the team from Horodok.

Later, the players of Zhytomyr had considerable problems with reception (4:7 - 6:12 - 10:20). It was difficult for them to cope with the powerful serving of the opponent, instead the Podolyany took a risk, and their risk paid off in the end - 25:13.

The third set was the most interesting in this duel. The wards of Mauricio Paes came out charged to finish this match with an "easy" score (8:4 - 12:6). And it seemed that the double advantage should help them in this. However, the players of Zhytomyr were able to create a miracle with the sound of drums and the crazy support of the fans who came to the match! They equalized the score (15:15), and in the end, thanks to the team play, they managed to get ahead (23:20) and press the opponent - 25:22.

In the fourth set, the "bisons" immediately organized a comfortable advantage (4:1) and did not lose concentration (12:8 - 19:12). Although it should be noted that "Zhytychi" fought for every point and desperately tried to bring the game to a tie-break. However, the newly crowned winner of the Cup of Ukraine was stronger today - 25:15 and 3-1 in the end.

The most productive players of the meeting were legionnaires Alen Didovych ("Zhytychi-Polissia") and Michal Finger ("Epicenter-Podolanyi"). They scored 19 points each.

The MVP award went to Volodymyr Sydorenko, the outside hitter of the Bisons.

Podolyany won the second victory in the semi-final series and became the second finalist of the Ukrainian Championship 2023-2024.

We would like to remind you that the semi-final series of matches will last until two victories by one of the teams.

In the finals of the men's Super League-Dmart, VC "Prometey" (Dnipro) and "Epicenter-Podolyany" (Horodok) will play.

As in the last season, VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" (Zhytomyr) and VC "Law Academy" (Kharkiv) will compete for the bronze medals.

Watch online broadcasts of Super League-Dmart matches on the DIVISPORT channel on YouTube or Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.