Friday's game day of the men's Super League-Dmart started with the second match between "Prometey" and "Law Academy" in the semi-final series.
The team from Dnipro won the first game (3:0). Well, for the "lawyers" this was the last chance to at least try to grab a ticket to the finals.
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024. Men Semifinal. Second game:
March 29 (Friday)
VSC "Law Academy" - VC "Prometey" – 0:3 (14:25, 16:25, 16:25)
Score in a series: 0-2.
Starting line-up of VC "Prometey": Viietskyi (scored 16 points), Shchytkov (5), Hladenko (8), Dryja (4), Stankovic (5), Yereshchenko (16), Brova (l), Boiko (l).
Head coach: Flavio Gulinelli.
Starting line-up of VSC "Law Academy": Tatarenko (scored 6 points), Sukhinin (3), Stebletskyi (1), Arbuzov (4), Fedosieiev (4), Antonenko (3), Perekhodniuk (l), Borysov (l). Substitutes: Baran (1), Kovalov (9), Stepovyi (0), Plotnik (1).
Head coach: Serhii Kovalenko.
However, the fight did not work out in the opening set. The team of the Italian specialist Flavio Gulinelli was distinguished by class and a better game (12:8 - 20:13). No matter how hard they tried, it was difficult for Kharkiv players to oppose their opponent. 25:14 in favor of "Prometey".
The situation did not change in the second set. The players of Dnipro acted according to the instructions of their coach (6:3 – 11:3) and this, in the end, gave a positive result - 25:16.
After a 10-minute break, the Dnipro team did not lose concentration and did not relax. According to all game indicators, the team in red uniform looked better: 15 blocks against 7, 9 aces against 5, 53% of attack realization against 32%.
In the end, 25:16 and 3-0 in favor of VC "Prometey".
The most productive players of the meeting were outside hitters of "Prometey" Ian Yereshchenko and Dmytro Viietskyi. They brought their team 16 points each.
The MVP award went to Ian Yereshchenko.
Dnipro won the second victory in the semi-final series and thus qualified for the final of the championship of Ukraine.
We would like to remind you that the semi-final series of matches will last until two victories by one of the teams.
The second finalist will be the winner of the confrontation between "Epicenter-Podolyany" and "Zhytychi-Polissia". "Law Academy" will fight for the "bronze" with the losing team of the above-mentioned confrontation.
Watch online broadcasts of Super League-Dmart matches on the DIVISPORT channel on YouTube or Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.