Zenit SPB vs. Gazprom-Ugra | HIGHLIGHTS | Round 30 | Pari SuperLeague 2024

Zenit, perhaps, could have won this match in a simpler way, but the game did not imply any serious risks from a tournament point of view for Peter, so Sergio Buzato could start experimenting, using the application to the maximum. To demonstrate the depth of the squad, the starting set was set aside first of all, where Ratse and Zheleznyakov played diagonally, and Babkevich found himself in the position of a finisher (12% percent of positive finishing with 8 attempts). In the first game, an intrigue eventually happened, which resulted in a protracted ending with a final score of 34:32 – for the hosts of the venue, this is the longest set of the season.
Then Zenit had a composition in the game that was much more similar to the optimal one – with a pair of Funnels – Sivozhelez in reception and with Babkevich diagonally. This had an effect: in the second game, Peter led by moments up to plus nine, in the third there was no such expanse, but the blue-white-blues came up to the matchball, leading with a break (24:22), which allowed to complete the meeting without serious hassle. In the process, Buzato gave Titich and Safonov a lot to play with, and also gave Tikhonov a little practice. Both binders and both liberos also went on the court, so the coaching staff of the hosts used 14 players out of 14.

In the dry balance, except for the obvious – the score is 3:0 – the following:
1. Zenit and Gazprom-Ugra will play each other in the qualifying round of the playoffs. That is, in total, the clubs will play 3 matches in a row;
2. Peter won his fifth victory in a row. It's not much of a unique achievement, but this is, after all, the team's longest streak in this difficult season.;
3. Ivan Yakovlev reached 500 points on the block in official matches for Zenit. By the way, he also scored the first point in the game with Surgut on October 30, 2019. The circle has closed;
4. Evgeny Sivozhelez has exactly 100 matches for Zenit.

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