Despite the weekday, a lot of people came to this match, and even the attendance record was broken for all the seasons that Yenisei spent at the Ivan Yarygin sports complex. Almost two and a half thousand fans came to support their native team.
From the first draws, an equal fight ensued (5:5), and soon the Kazan team got a break after ace Deru - 5:7. Closer to the middle of the game, the hosts of the site equalized with a block - 10:10. The teams went on equal terms to the score 13:13, and after that the Zenit made a breakthrough: they caught the opponent twice with a block, and in attack, Volkov scored the most difficult ball - 13:17. "Yenisei" slightly reduced the gap with a block - 16:18, but Zenit-Kazan did not allow more at 18:22, and in attack he ran away. In the end, the Krasnoyarsk team made mistakes themselves twice, and Mikhailov put an end to the set - 19:25.
The Siberians started the second game very confidently - 5-2, and Alexey Verbov was forced to take an early timeout. His players were able to quickly catch up - 8:8, but an ace from Bocharov brought the Krasnoyarsk team ahead again - 10:8. In the middle of the game, the hosts made a breakthrough - 14:10, and Murashko scored three times in the attack. The guests reduced the difference with a block - 15:13, but then Yenisei continued to protect this advantage in the score and even increased it - 21:17. After the second coaching break, Zenit-Kazan staged a powerful chase on Romanovsky's serves and equalized, effectively closing the opponent with a block three times in a row - 21:21. The game turned into a tense ending, and everything was decided on balance. The Krasnoyarsk team was the first to go to the netball, but the Kazan team fought back. After Murashko's ace, 28:27 was on the scoreboard, but the next pitch went out. And then Kononov answered with an ace, and the Zenit block put an end to it - 28:30.
Yenisei started the third game more confidently again - 5:3, but the guests quickly caught up - 7:7. The teams approached the equator of the game on equal terms (12:12), and then Zenit-Kazan made a breakthrough: 12:15 and 13:17. Their block worked perfectly, and Mikhailov and Volkov were a reliable option in the attack. In this segment, Yuri Filippov used both timeouts, but there was no stopping the Kazan team. The guests continued their onslaught already on the serves of Volkov, who scored an ace - 14:21. And then the Zenit players easily completed the game and the match, having issued a ticket to the semifinals - 18:25.
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