Banca Macerata Fisiomed, which features national player Samuil Valchinov, managed to overturn Saturnia Cosedil Acicastello, coached by former national coach Camillo Placì, with a score of 3-2 (21-25, 29-31, 25-19, 25-23, 15-13), after almost three hours of play.
Sami Valchinov started the match as a starter, playing a strong game and finishing with 14 points. In the second set, the Victoria Volley youth player demonstrated great technique and defensive play, and in the third set, he brought the crowd to their feet with a fantastic pipe shot into Saturnia's court. The central blocker Martin Berger finished with the most points for the winners with 16. He was named MVP of the match.

Another national player, Georgi Tatarov, also had a strong match. Unfortunately, his Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina dramatically lost 2:3 (28-26, 20-25, 28-30, 25-20, 16-18) at home to Sonepar Padova. The match went down in history as the longest match in the SuperLega Credem Banca since the introduction of the Rally Point System, with the outcome decided by a 178-minute marathon. The "Batteries" played without two key players - Dušan Petković and Michele Fedrizzi, replaced by Tatarov and Zvanziger. The hosts even had a match point but failed to convert it, delaying their first Super League victory, in which they are participating for the first time. Georgi Tatarov played a strong match and finished with 18 points, 17 from attack (55% success rate) and one ace. Italian national player of Russian descent Oleg Antonov also finished with the same number of points for the team and was declared MVP. Newcomer Grottazzolina is in the penultimate 11th place in the championship with 2 points from the 4 matches played so far.

Oleg Antonov observes Georgi Tatarov's reception


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