Zenit-Kazan vs. ASK | Round 8 | Highlights | PARI SUPER LEAGUE 2023-2024

Zenit head coach Alexey Verbov, on the eve of the most important cup match with Lokomotiv, gave a break to Maxim Mikhailov, Artyom Volvich and Alexey Kononov, and changed the other leaders during the meeting.
Kazan started powerfully, leading 8:3 after blocks by Dmitry Volkov and Roman Romanovsky. But Nizhny Novgorod residents quickly came to their senses and joined the fight against the favorite, punishing Zenit players for mistakes. ASK had a great breakthrough on a series of serves by Anton Karpukhov with an ace (9:11 – 14:11). When the captain of the guests, Alexander Pyatyrkin, blocked Kirill Kletz, the Kazan team found themselves in a difficult situation – 18:21. They were saved thanks to good defense and a bright game in attack by Volkov, who scored four goals in a row and got a set-ball – 25:24. Diagonal ASK Denis Antonov hit the antenna and Zenit took the game.
Dmitry Shcherbinin, at the beginning of the game, smashed the ASK reception with his serves, making two aces – 7:1. And Mikhail Labinsky acted brilliantly in attack, breaking through both a double and a triple block. At the same time, he himself stopped the Antonov –11 attack:2. A comfortable score allowed the Zenit coaching staff to start substitutions: Evgeny Rukavishnikov and Andrey Surmachevsky appeared on the court, who made the gap maximum with his attacks – 16:5. Labinsky scored 7 points per set, all ASK players scored 6.
As part of the ASK, the newcomer of the team, Petar Premovich, entered the site and immediately fell under Labinsky's block. But soon he demonstrated a good serve, which helped Nizhny Novgorod to return to the fight after an unsuccessful start. (1:5 – 4:5). Zenit responded with a series of serves by Surmachevsky and Shcherbinin, who returned the team a big advantage – 14:8. Surmachevsky and Rukavishnikov's blocks on Premovich finally killed the intrigue – 20:12.

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