Co-host of the Bulgarian Cup final tournament Neftochimic had no difficulties in the third quarter-final match against Lokomotiv Avia and is the third semi-finalist. The Burgas team, which won with a clean 3:0 (25:19, 25:17, 25:20), awaits its opponent, who will be determined by the match between Montana and Beroe.

In the first game, the play was balanced, with Plovdiv even taking a 12:10 lead. This was followed by a tie (16:16), after which the hosts made a series of 4 points for 20:16. Having accumulated a comfortable lead, "Nafta" calmly closed the game, which ended after a missed serve by Julien Georgiev.

In the second set, Truhchev and company took an early 3-point lead, which became 6 in the middle of the game. Aksel Truhchev crowned the end of the set after scoring three consecutive points in attack to make it a final 25:17.
The last set offered an even game until the middle of the part, after which Neftochimic made a series of three points, with which their lead became 5 points (18:13). Naiden Naidenov's boys managed to make the loss more honorable by twice delaying the hosts' match point, but their strength ran out here and they are leaving the tournament.

Aksil Truhchev was the top scorer, finishing with 15 points (1 ace, 2 blocks). The new addition David Krastev also performed very well, scoring 13 points (1 ace, 2 blocks).

For Lokomotiv, Todor Valchev was above all - 11 points (1 block) and Julien Georgiev with 10 points (3 blocks).

Neftochimic's other new addition - Georgi Bratoev finished with 2 points from attack and block.

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