CSKA secured a clean 3:0 victory (25:13, 27:25, 25:16) against Cherno More, marking their fifth win in the championship. With the three points earned, the "reds" climbed to sixth position before the remaining matches of the 10th round of efbet Super Volley.The hosts' crushing advantage in service is noteworthy.
The match started perfectly for CSKA, as after the fifth point, the "army men" completely dictated play on the court. It was already clear then that serving would be the main weapon for Sasho Popov's boys. The score difference grew to 18:9, and there was no doubt that the set would go to the hosts.
The second set was the most contested, with the "sailors" managing to melt their opponent's lead and narrow the gap from 16:10 to within one point of CSKA at 22:21. After an attack error by Brzakovic, the first set point for the guests came (23:24). With utmost concentration, the "army men" managed to turn the trend and close the set 27:25, with the serve again helping (an ace by Chavdarov for 25:24). Chavdarov again erred on serve, as did Cherno More captain Yosifov. The final word was Brzakovic's, who closed the set.
The third set again passed under the hosts' dictation, and the Varna team lowered their guard after failing to equalize the score.
CSKA finished with 11 aces, against only 1 for Cherno More, which is further confirmation of the conclusion that the serve played a key role in the "army men's" victory.
A very strong match for Vladi Stankov, who finished with 7 points (3 aces, 2 blocks).The most prolific scorer for the winners was Hristian Velikov - 16 points (1 ace).
Brzakovic - 12 (2 aces, 1 block) and Chavdarov - 10 points (4 aces, 1 block) finished with double-digit scores.
The most points for the guests were scored by captain Viktor Yosifov - 9 (1 block, 1 ace).
The loss for the guests happened in front of Cherno More BASC president Krasimir Iliev.
In the other match, played at the same time, the volleyball players of Dea Sport (Burgas) recorded their second consecutive and overall fifth victory in efbet Super Volley. The team led by Francesco Cadeddu convincingly defeated Dobrudzha 07 (Dobrich) 3:0 (25:18, 25:23, 25:14) as hosts. Thus, the team from Burgas climbed to fifth position in the standings with 16 points (5 wins, 5 losses), while the team from Dobrich is ninth with 10 points (3 wins, 7 losses).
In Razlog, the local Pirin delivered the surprise of the round, prevailing over the third-placed Beroe with 3:0 (27:25, 25:19, 26:24). The guests from Stara Zagora can blame themselves for not leaving with at least a point from the match, after missing two set points in the first set and three more in the third set.
For Pirin, this is their fourth victory of the season and third in the last four matches, with Mariyan Nakov scoring 16 points for it. Branislav Hanušek, in turn, scored 12 points for Beroe.
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