Lokomotiv vs. Dynamo-LO | HIGHLIGHTS | 20 Round | SuperLeague 2025-2026

The match of the twentieth round was the debut home match for the newcomer of the railwaymen and the ex-atomic guy – the outside hitter Fyodor Voronkov. The player can be pleased with the meeting – not only did he predictably start, but he also scored 14 points, putting 4 blocks on his past team. In the first two sets, Novosibirsk Lokomotiv completely dominated the court, not letting the opponent from Sosnovy Bor get close in the score.

At the start of the match, Simeon Nikolov actively used Dmitry Lyzik, connected Voronkov, and scored his own goals. On the other hand, Roman Murashko struggled to find his game at Dynamo-LO, but Osniel Mergarejo performed well. The first set was won by Lokomotiv with a score of 25:19.
In the second set, the railway workers maintained a comfortable advantage from the very start – 8:5, 16:11, 21:15. The wards of Plamen Konstantinov continued to score points on the block (Voronkov skillfully read his former team), and straight pitches were added. Semyon Dmitriev developed his activity as part of the Sosnovobortsy, Mergarejo again helped him.

The hosts were unable to stop the visitors, who won 25-18, but in the third set, the game took a different turn. By the middle of the set, the visitors had gained a break advantage (16-14), and by the end of the set, they had increased their lead to 21-16. The key factors were the mistakes made by the Novosibirsk team, the consistent service of the visitors, and the strong blocking of the team from Sosnovoborsk. There was no equal to Alexander Klimkin's team – instead of Dmitry Kovalev and Alexander Zakhvatenkov, Egor Krechetov and Dmitry Kurbatov appeared, Murashko attacked powerfully, and Mergareho and Dmitriev were unmatched on the broken block. For Lokomotiv, instead of Ilya Kazachenkov, Rajab entered the court, but the hosts failed to change the course of the game – 20:25.

In the fourth set, a packed Lokomotiv Arena witnessed a fierce battle, with Dynamo-LO stopping just short of a tiebreak. From the very first розыгрышей of the set, Nikolov recorded two aces, followed by Kazachenkov's two-set. While the team from Sosnovy Bor struggled with their reception, Voronkov and Kurbanov scored points in the attack. The visitors improved their serve, organized their defense, and by the end of the set, the score was 21:20 in favor of Lokomotiv. The Novosibirsk team managed to gain an advantage on Nikolov's serve, and on the first match point, Kurbanov hit a straight serve, leading 25:22 and 3:1.

VFV - http://www.volley.ru/