The last match on Saturday was quite unexpected. One of the leaders of the current season VC "Zhytichi-Polissia" and outsider "Burevisnyk-ShVSM" met in a confrontation.
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024
VI round. January 27, 2024
"Burevisnyk-ShVSM" - VC "Zhytichi-Polissia" – 1:3 (14:25, 26:24, 19:25, 13:25)
Starting line-up of Burevisnyk-ShVSM: Bohush (scored 4 points), Nikolaichuk (10), Savkiv (15), Karpenko (4), Kopych (2), Aleksieienko (33), Kantur (l), Piven (l). Substitutes: Kryviy (1), Tsyrulik (1), Kushniriuk (0), Berezivskyi (0).
Head coach: Roman Nosko.
Starting line-up of VC "Zhytichi-Polissya": Handziy (scored 1 point), Babic (8), Vilimanovich (3), Rudnytskyi (5), Kniazev (19), Didovic (23), Khvasta (l), Yablonskyi (l). Substitutes: Orobko (0), Shapoval (10), Hapeniuk (1).
Head coach: Serhii Tereykovskyi.
Zhytomyr volleyball players, as expected, started the opening segment of the game powerfully. 6 blocks, five of which belonged to the Montenegrin legionnaire Luka Babic, 100% implementation of attacks from Myroslav Kniazev (5 out of 5) and 57% implementation from the Bosnian Alen Didovic were the result of the won set - 25:14.
And then the northerners played an incredible game: they withstood the reception, and the opposite Artem Aleksieienko played almost perfectly in the attack (10:5 - 22:19). In the end, the players of Zhytomyr still caught up with the opponent, but fortune was on the side of "Burevisnyk" - 26:24.
In the next two sets, Serhii Tereykovsky's wards did not allow the opponent to be underestimated. In general, in this game, Zhytomyr players were better in terms of blocks (15 against 3), in attack (60% implementation against 41%), and in serving (6 aces against 3). As a result, 25:19 and 25:13 and 3-1 for VC "Zhytichi-Polissia".
The most productive player of the match was Alen Didovic (23 points) the outside hitter of "Zhytychi".
The MVP award was received by the player of the Zhytomyr team Myroslav Kniazev.
Watch online match broadcasts on the DIVISPORT YouTube channel or Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.
