ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle defeated BOGDANKA LUK Lublin 3:2 (25:20, 25:14, 23:25, 22:25, 15:11) in the packed hall in Kędzierzyn, which welcomed the match between Bartosz Kurek and Wilfredo Leon, who faced each other for the first time this season.Alex Grozdanov made a decisive contribution to the point won in the super derby of the round in Poland. The captain of our national team finished with 5 points (1 ace) and 67% in attack, making only one error from 17 serves. In the fourth game, with the score 22:21 for the hosts, the Bulgarian stepped up to serve, which was followed by two blocks for the guests from Lublin, and after an ace by Grozdanov, Bogdanka also got a game point. The qualifying point was secured again with Grozdanov's serve and a subsequent block by Sisak.

Kurek led ZAKSA ahead in the decisive 3:1 game and the hosts did not lose the initiative until the end. The victory went to ZAKSA, but they could not climb to fourth place in the table, where Bogdanka is. Kędzierzyn has a worse set difference, but also one less match than the team from Lublin.
As in the final result, so in the individual duel Kurek-Leon, the advantage was with the hosts. The diagonal for Zaksa, well-known in our country, finished with 22 points (1 ace, 1 block) and 51% in attack, while Leon scored 18 points (1 ace) and 56% in attack.

The coaches of two of the leading national teams appeared at the hit match of the 23rd round of the Polish PlusLiga. In Kędzierzyn-Koźle, the match between ZAKSA and BOGDANKA LUK Lublin was watched by the head coach of the Polish national team Nikola Grbić and the new USA coach Karch Kiraly.

MVP: Rafał Szymura

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle – BOGDANKA LUK Lublin 3:2

(25:20, 25:14, 23:25, 22:25, 15:11)

Line-ups:

ZAKSA: Kurek (22), Janusz (1), Grobelny (20), Szymura (19), Smith (9), Poręba (10), Shoji (libero) and Kubicki (1), Chitigoi (3) and Takvam

LUK: Nowakowski (5), Komenda (1), Sawicki (5), Malinowski (17), Leon (18),Grozdanov (5), Hoss (libero) and Tuinstra (9), McCarthy (2) and Sasak (4)