Dinamo MOSCOW wins against Asseco Resovia RZESZOW in first leg of 2012 CEV Volleyball Cup
The first leg of the 2012 CEV Volleyball Cup - Men final took place on March 28. The city that was playing host to the match was Rzeszow in Poland. The two teams that made a show of their skills was the home team of Asseco Resovia RZESZOW as well as Dinamo
MOSCOW of Russia. The venue of the competition was the “Podpromie” sports hall which was filled with a total of 4,000 spectators.
The match between the two sides went on to five long and thrilling sets at the end of which the home team ended up on the losing side as the Russians secured a win at the following final set scores: 25-20, 22-25, 25-20, 23-25 and 15-13.
The head coach of the home team, Andrzej Kowal, shared his views on the matter in the following words, “We were counting on our service and reception before this match and unfortunately in these fundamentals we were worse than Dinamo. There were some moments
in which we were playing at a very good level but against such a strong opponent every point is crucial... Anyway, we are coming to Moscow in order to fight as we have nothing to lose at the moment.”
On the other hand, the coach of the Russian squad, Yury Cherednik, expressed his jubilation in the following manner, “Personally I didn’t expect that it would be so difficult for us to score this victory... This victory is very precious but honestly I’m
not satisfied with the quality of the play presented tonight by my players.”
The first set of the match saw the host team take the lead at 6-3 but the Russians closed in the gap 7-6. Before long, the Russians were able to stretch their advantage to 16-11.
Once the Russians stretched their advantage, it was only a matter of time before they were able to bag the opening frame of the game at 25-20.
The home team stepped up their performance in the second set and put on an impressive show in order to make the match reach a tie by bagging the second set. The third set went to Russians again but the home team secured the fourth one with the Russians grabbing
the fifth.
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