"Zenit-Kazan" defeated "Dynamo-LO" and advanced to the semifinals of the Russian Cup from the first place.

      The Kazan "Zenit" volleyball players defeated "Dynamo" 3:0 in Moscow in the group stage match of the "Final Six" of the Russian Cup and advanced to the semifinals from the first place in the group. The Kazan team had already secured their place in the semifinals the day before after winning against "Lokomotiv" (3:0). Therefore, in the second match, head coach Alexey Verbov left several key players on the bench. In the opening set, the Kazan team confidently outplayed their opponent in attack, thanks in part to the good performance of diagonal Dražen Luburić (6/10). The won set secured "Zenit" the first place in the group, after which instead of Konstantin Abayev, Mikhail Vyshnikov came on to set. In the second set, "Dynamo-LO" was trailing 4:8 but managed to come back after the setter Yegor Krechetov entered the game. The Dynamo players performed well at the block. In particular, Osniel Mergarijo closed Luburić twice — 15:15. In the end, the break points for Kazan were brought by Mikhail Labinsky's precise attack and out-of-bounds hits by Roman Murashko and Dmitry Kolenkovsky. "Zenit's" victory in the second set allowed "Lokomotiv" to advance to the semifinals. In the third set, the Dynamo players came back from a -5 deficit, but once again, Kazan was better at the end. Luburić secured the "clean" victory for them. The top scorer of the match was Labinsky, who scored 19 points (10 break points) with a 68% attack efficiency (15/22) and a utility rating of +12.

      On May 16, in the semifinals of the tournament, "Zenit-Kazan" will play against the second team from Group A. This will be determined in the second match of today's game day between "Dynamo" and St. Petersburg's "Zenit."

      Russian Cup. "Final Six". Group B

      Zenit-Kazan — Dynamo-LO (Sosnovy Bor) — 3:0 (25:20, 25:21, 25:23)

      Labinsky (19), Surmachevsky (13), Luburić (12) — Murashko (14), Mergarijo (11), Biryukov (9)

      Team standings

      1. Zenit-Kazan — 2 matches, 2 wins, 6 points, sets 6:0

      2. Lokomotiv (Novosibirsk) — 2 matches, 1 win, 3 points, sets 3:4

      3. Dynamo-LO (Sosnovy Bor) — 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 points, sets 1:6

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