Zenit vs. Belogorie Highlights | SuperLeague R10 🏐

Zenit's match against Belogorye of Belgorod was a highlight of the 10th round. After 8 matches, the guests were in 5th place in the standings, while the hosts were at the top. The Lions were missing their Moroccan диагональный Mohamed Al Hachdadi, who had not fully recovered from an injury. However, Ivan Podrebinkin played a strong match, contributing to his team's victory.

At the start of the match, a large number of own mistakes prevented the hosts from taking the lead, and after two Belogorye aces and a block on Vladislav Babkevich, Vladimir Alekno was forced to take a break first (12:16). Sergey Baranov's team maintained their advantage until the very end. Vladislav Babkevich managed to tie the score, but Belogorye won the set 25:23. While Zenit led the opponent 5:2 in blocks, they lost 0:4 in aces.

Vladislav Babkevich began to make up for this deficit at the start of the second set, opening the scoreboard with points from his serve. However, the hosts' tenacious defense resulted in numerous second-chance points, which they successfully converted. This allowed Sergei Baranov's team to lead by +4 in the middle of the set (17:13). Vladimir Alekno made changes to try to get his team back into the game: Roman Pakshin replaced Marlon Yant, and Denis Chereysky replaced Vitaly Dikarev at 18:23, but the visitors were too far ahead: 19:25 and 2:0 in sets in favor of Belogorye. Despite Zenit's high reception numbers (79%), they were unable to capitalize on them, with an attack percentage of 42% (compared to the visitors' 68%). However, the main advantage of Belogorye was in the second set, where the Belgorod players were almost four times better in attack after defense, with 67% compared to the hosts' 17%.

In the third set, Zenit's coach brought Marlon Yant back to the court, and he gradually began to find his game. This allowed Zenit to lead by +5 (19:14) by the middle of the set. Belogory managed to close the gap with Zenit, forcing Vladimir Alekno to take the first timeout. However, Zenit managed to maintain their minimal break advantage and win the set 25:23. In the attack, Vladimir Alekno's team increased their advantage from 42% in the second set to 61% in the third.

The start of the fourth set began with a small lead for the hosts after Vladislav Babkevich hit an ace. Marlon Yant took over the lead in the middle of the set and increased it to 3 points (13:10), forcing Sergey Baranov to take a break. However, the Cuban setter did not stop there and hit two more aces, increasing the hosts' lead to 5 points (15:10). The Zenit players did not allow themselves to lose this lead and tied the match. In this set, Marlon showed decent numbers: 67% in attack and 3 out of 4 team aces.

The hosts did not start well in the tie-break, losing 1:5 at the start of the game on Alexander Melnikov's serve. Zenit was unable to recover from this deficit, losing the decisive game segment 9:15. Vladislav Babkevich scored 31 points for the blue-and-white team.

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