Men's Super League-Budinvest
8th round. 2 match
Chernivtsi. "PVLU" Arena. January 31.
VC "Prometey" - VC "Zhytichi-Polissia" - 3:1 (18:25, 25:21, 25:22, 25:20)
In the second match of the opening game day, the current winner of the Super Cup of the country and the finalist of the League Cup 2022 VC "Zhytichi-Polissya" and VC "Prometey" met on the court.
The team from Zhytomyr is known for their thirst for victory, which they demonstrated from the opening minutes of the match (2:7). It was difficult for the Dnipro team to have good reception from the opponent's powerful serves. Though, the opponents themselves made mistakes when performing it (6 mistakes in 18 serves). "Zhytychi" turned out to be better both on the block (3 against 0) and in the attack (65% realization against 48%). In the end, they "took" the first set - 18:25.
In the second set, a similar scenario developed: the Zhytomyr players played a confident game (5:8), while the Dnipro team tried with all their might to catch up with the opponents. As the result, in the middle of the set, they succeeded (13:13). After all, "Zhytychi" began to make more mistakes, while "Prometey", on the contrary, played effective innings (20:17). Andrii Levchenko's players were able to maintain a minimal advantage and equalize the score in sets - 25:21.
After the break, "Prometey" finally returned to the game, enduring the reception and adding a concentration to their own attacking actions. Credit should be given to the Zhytomyr volleyball players, they fought to the last point and produced several bright and dangerous rallies. But in the end, they lacked a bit of luck - 25:22 and 25:20.
In the end, 3:1 is in favor of Dnipro's "Prometey".
Vitalii Bondar (19 points) was the most effective player in the match.
Oleksandr Gladenko (VC "Prometey") received the MVP prize.
Starting line-up of VC "Prometey": Yereshchenko, Shapoval, Yanchuk, Veletskyi, Hladenko, Shchytkov, Boiko (l), Patratii (l). Oleksiuk, Riabov, Tomilin, Kryvobok, Klepko were substituting.
Starting line-up of VC "Zhytichi-Polissia": Hubenko, Orobko, Bondar, Rudnytskyi, Luban, Kuranov, Khvasta (l). Yablonskyi was substituting.
On February 2, Dnipro will play against "Law Academy" (19:00), and VC "Zhytichi-Polissia" will meet "Reshetylivka" (16:00).
