Belogorie vs. Zenit | HIGHLIGHTS | SemiFinals | 1 Match | Pari SuperLeague 2025

The exciting confrontation between the clubs of Belgorod and St. Petersburg in the first match of the semifinal series ended with the victory of Zenit.

Belgorod started with a shock (4:1), and continued, knocking out Marlon Yant with a serve – 11:6. Vladislav Babkevich and blok have reduced the gap. In the future, diagonal and blocking players helped to catch up with the hosts after each breakaway of Belogorye. In the lineup on Kosmin's serve, Zenit shot at 20:22 to 24:22. Two blocks and another ball from Babkevich gave the visitors a decisive advantage. Egor Klyuka brought victory – 25:23.

The next two sets followed the same principle: whoever leads the whole game loses.

In the second set, Ace Yanta pushed Belogorye by 2 points – 11:9, and Zenit stayed ahead until the very end (21:20), although from a certain point the guests' serve did not fly at all. Georgy Zabolotnikov and Jinyin Zhang caught Babkevich with a block (22:21), Zhang added another point after Pavel Tetyukhin's smart defense at 23:21. He also equalized the score in the match on Zenit's triple block – 25:23
The beginning of the third game belongs to St. Petersburg: Zenit is still good in attack, Babkechi is stable – 5:2, 12:8. The Lviv block earned 2 points and made the score equal, but the next segment again put Belogorye on the edge of the abyss – 14:17. Zabolotnikov scored twice, and then Ivan Podrebinkin replaced him on serve and made the end of the set. Diagonal, despite Vladimir Alekno's timeout, served through three times – 21:19, and after the captain's block added the fourth ace – 23:19. Two mistakes by the guests summed up the result – 25:21.
The fourth game was no less stubborn. ZENIT was ahead again. Alekno played with a line-up, changing binders, Stanislav Dinaykin, who came out instead of Yant, added a reception. They reached the finish line with a score of 18:21. And then the "lions" won back in one formation – 21:21, and the fight unfolded with renewed vigor. They softened Babkevich's block, and his Belgorod counterpart overcame Zenit's triple block and brought Belogorye to the matchball – 24:23. Egor Klyuka did not allow him to realize it, then the experienced master scored again. Ivan Yakovlev's block returned the lead to the guests, and Al Khachdadi's shot into the out was fatal – 25:27.
Belogorye made a lot of mistakes both in the fourth set and at the beginning of the tie-break. Zenit took off in the fifth set – 6:1 and, it would seem, immediately removed all questions about the winner. However, the Lions did not even think about giving up. 8:13 turned into 12:13, and only a mistake on serve gave the guests a matchball. Babkevich won – 15:13 and 3:2 in favor of the St. Petersburg team.

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