National player Aleksandar Nikolov started to remind everyone of himself after the operation he underwent in the summer. Alex entered at the end of the second set of the home match against Cisterna and stayed until the end of the game, which Lube won 3:0 (25:14, 25:19, 25:19). The Bulgarian entered when the score was 21:17 in the second set, scoring for 23:18.

Nikolov finished with 6 points, with a visible improvement also noted in his serve - Alex only made one error there.

The Bulgarian even scored the first match point for his team. The Canadian national player Eric Loeppky finished with the most points for the winners - 14, and also became the MVP of the match.

Opposite hitter Adis Lagumdzija finished with 13 points. The Turkish national player surpassed the 1500-point mark scored during the regular season since he has been in the Italian championship.

In his second match for Lube, Marko Podrascanin finished with 8 points (including 2 from blocks and 3 aces).

After the match, Alex Nikolov shared with the club's website: "A great team victory, but of course I can't hide that I'm also very happy from a personal point of view to be returning to the court in front of our fans after 6-7 months. The defeat in Verona left a very bitter taste in our mouths, we worked very hard during the week to immediately find the path to success and fortunately, it materialized. Now we are looking towards the next match in Perugia, a very difficult away match, we are aware of that, but we will face our opponents with the goal of victory."

Next week, Alex and company will visit the champion Perugia. The match is on Sunday at 9:30 PM Bulgarian time.