Due to the participation of Dnipro team "Prometey" in the playoffs of the CEV Cup-2024, the match of the fifth round of the Men's Super League-Dmart "Burevisnyk-ShVSM" - VC "Prometey" was rescheduled to February 8, 2024.
The outsider of the championship and its current champion met in this match.
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024
V round. February 8, 2024
"Burevisnyk-ShVSM" - VC "Prometey" – 0:3 (19:25, 15:25, 13:25)
Starting line-up of Burevisnyk-ShVSM: Alekseienko (scored 14 points), Nikolaichuk (2), Savkiv (7), Karpenko (2), Kopych (0), Bogush (3), Kantur (l), Piven (l). Substitutes: Kryvyi (0), Horoshko (0), Kushniriuk (2), Berezivskyi (1).
Head coach: Roman Nosko.
Starting line-up of VC "Prometey": Shapoval (scored 16 points), Shchytkov (2), Teromenko (12), Dryja (7), Stankovic (11), Yereshchenko (8), Brova (l), Boiko (l).
Head coach: Flavio Gulinelli.
Despite the different levels and classes of opponents, the first set turned out to be quite intriguing. The Northerners took the lead (10:7), which forced the newly appointed coach of the Dnipro team, Flavio Gulinelli, to take an early time-out. Only closer to the end of the set, "Prometey" was able to equalize the score (18:18). A good serve by Dawid Dryja, "pipes" by Yan Yereshchenko, and a block put the "red and whites" ahead (21:19). This segment ended with two aces of the opposite Dmytro Shapoval - 25:19.
In the second set, the current champion of the country did not give the opponents a chance to play and impose a fight (8:4 - 19:9). Flavio Gulinelli's wards acted concentratedly and without mistakes, which allowed them to record another set in their asset - 25:15.
After a 10-minute break, Dmytro Shapoval gave his team a good lead (5:1) with three aces. A little later it became double (14:7). No matter how hard "Burevisnyk" tried to play on an equal footing with the Dnipro team, they could not score more than 13 points per set. 25:13 and 3-0 in favor of "Prometey".
The opposite Dmytro Shapoval received the MVP award.
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