Saturday's game day began with a match between "The team of the Poltava Oblast-VC "Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany" and "Epicenter-Podolyany".
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024
VI round. January 27, 2024
"The team of the Poltava Oblast-VC "Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany" - "Epicenter-Podolyany" – 0:3 (14:25, 18:25, 17:25)
Starting line-up of VC "Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany": Valiaibaba (scored 10 points), Sotnik (4), Zalizko (1), Drofa (8), Kurlapov (5), Mahonin (1), Boiko M. (l), Yakovlev (l). Substitutes: Tyshchenko (3), Boiko (3).
Head coach: Serhii Sosnin.
Starting line-up of "Epicenter-Podolyany": Jorna (scored 7 points), Didenko (2), Finger (9), Koval (5), Smoliar (8), Kavogo (8), Fomin (l), Zhukov (l). Substitutes: Ostapenko (4), Kisiliuk (2), Sydorenko (3), Uryvkin (5).
Head coach: Mauricio Paes.
The favorite in this match, of course, was the winner of the Super Cup of Ukraine, despite the absence of the main setter of the Podolyany - the Finnish legionnaire Eemi Tervaportti.
Reshetylivka's team with an experimental line-up struggled a bit at the beginning of the game (5:5 – 8:8). But a little later, the strong serve of "Epicenter" and an effective attack resulted in an almost double advantage (16:9). Mauricio Paes' team quickly finished the opening set, not allowing the opponents to score more than 14 points - 25:14.
In the second set, the "bisons" led almost the entire time (6:2 - 17:12). In the middle of the set, Poltava player Oleksii Drofa made a series of serves, two of which were aces (15:17). However, this was not enough to claim victory in the set. 25:18 in favor of "Epicenter".
Despite the almost completely changed composition of the Podolyany for the third set, the situation on the site of the PVLU arena has not changed. The players from Horodok confidently went to their victory, dominating all game elements. 11 blocks against 4, 9 aces against 6, 59% attack completion against 35%. In the end, 25:117 and another 3-0 for "Epicenter-Podolyany".
The most effective player of the match was the opposite of "Reshetylivka" Pavlo Valiaibaba.
The MVP award was received by Vladyslav Didenko, a setter from Epicenter-Podolyany.
Watch online match broadcasts on the DIVISPORT YouTube channel or Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.
