Victory in the homeland of Vasileva
Date: 15 December 2017, 14:10
Source: Press service Dinamo-Kazan
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Victory in the homeland of Vasileva

“Dynamo-Kazan” won the Bulgarian “Maritsa” in three sets on the opening match of the group stage of the Champions League.

In the middle of December, the Champions League finally began for the "Dynamo-Kazan". Of course, fast getting to the group stage, is a honorable achievement, but it would be desirable to watch volleyball matches as much as possible. However, "Maritsa", probably, would not agree with this. Because the Bulgarian players had to be very nervous in the qualification and win in both rounds only with the help of “gold sets”.

1 set. Thanks to a complex serve of the Kazan blockers, Irina Koroleva and Anastasia Samoylenko, the guests immediately seize the initiative - 5: 8. And to the second technical break they widen the gap up to 5 points - 12:17. Several successful blocks and serve of Nasya Dimitrova allow the host team almost to catch up with their rivals - 17:19. However, at the end of the game, the opposite player of “Dynamo” - Natalia Mammadova – shows a perfect game.

2 sets. At the beginning of the next set, Irina Voronkova has a very good serve, and Irina Koroleva scores several rolling balls - 6:10. However, at this time the Bulgarian players fight more actively - 14:16. And after a technical break they even come from behind with the serves of Kremena Kamenova and Nasya Dimitrova - 20:19. However, the setter of “Dynamo-Kazan” Evgeniya Startseva, who replaced Irina Filishtinskaya at the beginning of the set, does not lose her head and actively plays with Anastasia Samoylenko with the first tempo - 20:21. One more attack by Irina Koroleva with the first tempo completes the second set.

3 sets. The Bulgarian team has nothing more to lose, and they actively attack at the beginning of the third set - 5: 4. However, the Russian players quickly seize the initiative and with the series of complex serves of Elitsa Vasileva, Anastasia Samoylenko and Yevgeniya Startseva ruthlessly destroy the rival’s return of serve - 7:16. Under such pressure, the Bulgarian players come to their sense only at the second technical break. And after the one-minute rest, Ivan Petkov’s team rushes into a counterattack. Within a short space of time, “Maritsa” almost managed to catch up the "Dynamo" with the serves of Kamenova and Andreeva, who specially came off the substitutes’ bench in order to perform this element - 20:22. However, the Russian players, who lost their concentration because of a feeling of comfortable superiority, quickly get their act together. Mammadova is removed from the uncomfortable Andreeva’s serve along the net. Koroleva makes match point by a tempo attack - 21:24. And the Bulgarian legionnaire of “Dynamo-Kazan” Elitsa Vasileva makes a victorious point in the match.

Elitsa Vasileva, player of Dinamo KAZAN: “We did not play our best Volleyball today, but I am happy we managed to stay calm through the end of the game and won. These are important three points for us. I hope that in our next Champions League matches we will show a better game.”

Radosveta Teneva, player of Maritza PLOVDIV: “For me, it was an honour to play in this competition hall in front of so many people who came to support us. I think we behaved in a very dignified manner against such a good opponent. Although we lost by 0-3 and have a lot more work ahead of us, we are satisfied with our performance.”

Champions League. Pool С. 1st tour.
Maritza (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) – Dinamo (Kazan, Russia)- 0:3 (19:25, 23:25, 23:25)
13th December. Bulgaria. Plovdiv. Sport hall «Kolodruma».
Referee: Voudouris K. (Greece). Match time: 1.27 (29+29+29).
Maritza: Dimitrova N. (18), Petkova (5), Kitipova (4), Kamenova (13), Dimitrova S. (1), Grigorova (4) – starting line-up, Monova (libero), Todorova (libero), Dancheva, Nikolova (5), Andreeva.
Dinamo: Koroleva (11), Voronkova (13), Mammadova (12), Filishtinskaia, Vasileva (12), Samoilenko (10) – starting line-up, Ulanova (libero), Ezhova, Kotikova, Startseva – C (1).
Points – 65:75, serve – 9:2, spike – 36:52, block – 5:5, reception – 33%:33%, errors – 17:22.
(Statistics by “Dinamo Kazan” coach-statistics M.Kuzovenin)

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