Belogorie vs. Dynamo-Ural | HIGHLIGHTS | 19 Round | SuperLeague 2025-2026

Belogorye extended its winning streak by defeating Dynamo-Ural in Tula. Boris Kolchin made a drastic change to his starting lineup, introducing four new players. Sergey Baranov kept the same combination as in the previous month, but replaced the libero.

Belogorye had no problems in the first two sets, performing at a high level. The visitors could not boast of such consistency, although they occasionally reminded the hosts not to relax too much.

The Lions, having blocked Roman Potalyuk and earned the next point with Yaroslav Podlesnykh's attack, immediately took the lead – 4:1. Mohamed Al Hachdadi's block and the guests' out-of-bounds shot increased the gap to 10:5. When the Moroccan hit two aces, the score became 15:9. Alexander Melnikov's ace and another mistake by Potalyuk pushed the Ufa team's deficit to nine points, 20:11. Ural narrowed the gap slightly, but Ivan Yakovlev's ace and a new attack by Podlesnykh ended the set at 25:18.

If in the first set Belogory took a lot of points with their serve, making 5 aces, then in the second set they began to strangle the opponent with their block – 6 points. Thus, the Belgorodians did not let the Ufa players go, who played on equal terms with them for almost half of the set. Ilya Spodobets pressed with his serve, and Ivan Skvortsov scored several balls – 8:8. Al Khachdadi and Podlesnykh were the main attackers for Belogory. On the serve of the outside hitter, the Lions took the lead – 15:11. They then led 19:13, but lost several consecutive balls in one set – 19:17, forcing the coaching staff to take a timeout. After the break, Andrey Marchenko took over from Spodobets, and Podlesnykh completed the set with a series of successful attacks – 25:19.

For the fourth set, Dynamo-Ural, strengthening the game, put Andrey Ushkov, Sergei Pirainen, Artem Melnikov and Kirill Ursov. The guests established reception and protection, played much more effectively in attack, a struggle began. Belogory began to make more mistakes. An error in attack led Ural ahead – 6:5. An ace by Pirainen brought the first “+2” – 10:8. The hosts took the lead after Marchenko's block – 13:12, but there were only a few minutes left, and after another unsuccessful attack, the Ufa players took the lead again – 15:14. For every successful action by Belogorye, the opponent responded with their own. The block helped Dynamo gain a lead (19:17), and Ursov's ace brought them closer to victory – 22:19. Spodobets scored a difficult ball (24:21), and then the first tempo put an end to it – 25:22.

Belogory played the fourth set more composedly. After Marchenko's ace, the hosts immediately took the lead (2:0), and Spodobets' mistake and Podlesnykh's ace made it easier for the hosts to score 8:4. The guests managed to reduce the gap to two points a couple of times, but then they took a sudden 17:14 lead to 17:17. The emerging intrigue ended after Baranov took a break. Al Hachdadi finally scored, twice prevented Ursov from completing his attacks, and Podlesnykh was accurate – 19:17. When Yakovlev's ace arrived and the hosts' double block worked, the Lions were already 5 points ahead – 22:17, and the fate of the match was sealed. All that remained was to wait for Dynamo-Ural's mistake on the matchball – 25:21.

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