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Shock in Russia: For the first time since 2019, Dynamo Moscow are out of the top 4

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March 27, 2025 at 20:17

Shock in Russia: For the first time since 2019, Dynamo Moscow are out of the top 4

🏐SENSATION IN RUSSIA! "DINAMO-LO" ELIMINATED THE MOSCOW GIANT AND IS IN THE SEMIFINALS!🎉🔥

"Dinamo-LO" (Sosnovy Bor) achieved the greatest success in its history, after eliminating Moscow's "Dinamo" with3:1 as a guestand closed the series with2-0 wins.


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📊Russian Championship - 1/4 finals
🏐Dynamo (Moscow, 3) - Dynamo-LO (Sosnovy Bor, 6) - 1:3(22:25, 23:25, 25:21, 20:25)

🔝Top scorers:
👉Dynamo Moscow:Sapozhkov (15), Vlasov (13), Semyshev (12)
👉Dinamo-LO:Mergarejo (18), Avdochenko (17), Biryukov (11)

Tsvetan Sokolov played only the first set, after which he was replaced by Sapozhkov.

🔎 Match development:

1st set (22:25)– Dinamo-LO showed stable play, and the part ended with an out attack by former national team captain Tsvetan Sokolov.
2nd set (23:25)– Dramatic development until 23:23, but the guests managed to close the set.
3rd set (25:21)– Dinamo (Moscow) came back into the match, pulling ahead after 18:18 and reducing the deficit.
4th set (20:25)– A contested set, interrupted for 10 minutes due to an injury to a Dinamo-LO player. The guests offered varied play, and former Russian international Denis Biryukov put an end to the dispute!


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⚠️For the first time since 2019, Moscow's Dinamo failed to make it into the Top 4!In the previous four seasons, Konstantin Bryanskiy's team played in the final, winning two titles (2021, 2022) and two silver medals (2023, 2024). Now the white-blues face a struggle to qualify for the "Final Six" of the Russian Cup.

🔜 In the semi-final, "Dinamo-LO" will face "Zenit" (Kazan). The first two matches are on April 2 and 4 in Tatarstan.