If Enisey has already overcome the first round of the playoffs, knocking Shakhtar out of the fight, then Zenit-Kazan did not play for two weeks after the end of the regular season. The pause increased due to the postponement of matches related to the terrorist attack in the Moscow region. Before the start of the meeting in Kazan, the memory of the victims of the tragedy in Crocus was honored with a minute of silence.
The beginning of the meeting was left to the guests. Kirill Ursov made an ace with a pitch to Volkov, and then Dmitry got under Anton Maksimov's block. When Maxim Mikhailov and Sam Deru hit the wall of hands, the score became 7:12. By this point, Zenit head coach Alexei Verbov had already spent two timeouts. The Kazan team could not chase in any way due to constant errors on the serve (7 losses per set). Mikhailov managed to stay in the feed zone (16:18), and after Maxim Bocharov's mistake in the attack, Zenit reduced the gap to a minimum - 20:21. But it was not possible to make another break - Roman Murashko passed on the grid and brought victory to Yenisei.
In the opening of the second game, the Kazan team scored points for themselves and for the opponent - three consecutive errors on serve (3:3). But the successful actions of Deru and Bocharov's out allowed Zenit to lead - 6:3. Two powerful attacks in a row by Volkov increased the advantage of the hosts of the site - 16:12. Yenisei had little success in attack - Murashko and Ursov scored only one goal each in the entire game. Bocharov, the top scorer, performed slightly better (3/9), so Zenit increased their advantage. Roman Romanovsky designed an ace and got a freeball, which was scored by Artyom Volvich - 25:18.
In the third set, Zenit began to put even more pressure on the opponent with a serve, and this immediately affected the block. Mike Christenson shut down Bocharov, Volkov stopped Murashko's attack, and then an organized triple block - 12 worked three times:7. The coach of the guests, Yuri Filippov, made a double substitution, but it did not help turn the game around. Kazan were better in all components of the game, especially on the block (5-0) and in attack (71% - 53%).
At Yenisei, Semyon Dmitriev entered the game instead of Ursov, and Sergey Busel replaced Maksimov. And it added freshness to the game of the guests. Busel successfully completed the counterattack - 8:5. After Mikhailov's mistake, the guests led +4 at all, but Murashko responded to his counterpart with two consecutive losses, and Alexey Kononov closed Bocharov's block. On Christenson's serves, Kazan turned the score 6:10 into 12:10, and then at 15:11. But the Krasnoyarsk team did not give up and fought back with the efforts of Vitaly Fettsov, who came on as a substitute - 17:17. Volkov's crazy attack after a bright defense and ace Dera allowed the Kazan fans to exhale with relief - 20:17. This time, Zenit did not lose the advantage.
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