Zenit SPB vs. Kuzbass | HIGHLIGHTS | Round 12 | Pari SuperLeague 2024

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By December 20, Zenit had collected an application of only 11 people, taking into account the loss of Maxim Kosmin. Which, of course, could not but play a role. Even in this scenario, Peter was extremely close to winning the match at home against one of the most prickly teams in the Super League, which has almost guaranteed a tie-break for himself and his opponent lately.
The coaching staff of the hosts turned inside out during the match, using almost all possible options to play in a very limited squad: Kobzar instead of Kovalev, Tikhonov in the final game and diagonally, Titich's exit, Kovalev instead of Yakovlev on serve, substitutions with the appearance of Zastupov. Both teams played the match not without problems, both teams can easily find time periods in this game that can be considered unsuccessful.
The advantages of Kuzbass in this situation are obvious: a full-fledged application, where there is someone to call from the square. Therefore, Alexey Babeshin, for example, can afford to lose Pakshin without critical consequences – one of the most productive strikers of Kemerovo, who is the most reliable choice of the club's binders for the whole season, completely failed the game (2 out of 12 in attack with 4 lost balls, minus 5). Or put Tavasiev in jail and give Lobyzenko some time, who, in principle, plays quite a lot in the current championship. And Zenit, in the current realities, simply cannot afford to hide themselves, for example, in Tikhonov's square, who played a very difficult match.
Kuzbass, who won in the end, by and large failed the attack (33% against 47% for Peter), the difference in points on the block is also noticeable - 19-8 in favor of Zenit, but he realized himself better on serve (especially Petkovich with his four aces) and more carefully disposed of his chances in a high-quality fifth the game, having made 3 mistakes against 7 from the hosts.
In Peter, it is impossible not to distinguish two dominant figures – Voronkov and Yakovleva. The first one became by far the main option in attack, attacking in principle the most in this match. At the same time, Fedor got right thoroughly under the skin of the guest block, winning a lot of balls due to discounts and punches on the hands. The fact that he became the top scorer of the game with 27 points by a large margin does not cause any surprise in such cases.
But if Voronkov is already the familiar leader of the rapidly melting Zenit squad in terms of depth, then there have been a lot of questions about Yakovlev since autumn. In recent matches, he begins to remove these issues, in this match – that's for sure: 22 points is his personal record of performance in the Super League, plus 19 is by far the best amount among all participants in the match. This guy already looks very much like the real Ivan Yakovlev. Rumors that it is "over" are greatly exaggerated.

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