Halkbank (Ankara) continues without a loss in the Turkish volleyball championship, and Bulgarian international Denislav Bardarov played a strong match and finished as one of the two top scorers in the home victory over Akdaş Onikişubat Belediyespor with 3:0 (25:15, 25:20, 25:17) in a match from the fourth round of the Efeler League.
Bardarov scored 16 points, as did Brazilian opposite Darlan Ferreira. However, the Bulgarian had more successful attacks – 15 out of 22 attempts, which gave him an impressive success rate of 68%. He also added one point from a block.
It is interesting that Matey Kaziyski did not appear in this match. In his absence, Bardarov got an opportunity to perform and made the most of it.
Darlan Ferreira also finished with 16 points, but he distinguished himself primarily from the serve, scoring four of the hosts' six aces. Sam Deroo added 12 points.
Halkbank's superiority was categorical in all key elements. The hosts finished with 43 points from attack against 29 for the opponent, six aces against one, and four points from blocks against three. The team from Ankara also achieved 66% positive reception against 49% for the guests.
The match lasted only 89 minutes in front of 500 spectators, with Halkbank not allowing the opponent to reach the 21-point mark in any of the three sets.
With this success, the capital's grand club temporarily topped the standings with 11 points after four wins from four matches and a set ratio of 12:3. Gebze Belediyespor follows with 9 points and Ziraat Bankkart with 8, with both teams having played three matches.
Halkbank temporarily topped the standings with 11 points from four wins, but its pursuers have not yet played all their matches. Second-placed Gebze Belediyespor, who has 9 points, is currently leading 2:0 sets against Istanbul Gençlikspor and with a 3:0 or 3:1 victory will take the lead with 12 points.