Dinamo-Ak Bars KAZAN proved too strong for BEZIERS again

The 4th Round of the CEV Champions League Volley - Women is continued with the 4th Leg, which started on Tuesday. In the last match of the day Beziers Volley faced Dinamo-Ak Bars Kazan at Narbonne Arena. The Russian side totally controlled the game earning an important straight-set win, their third victory in this campaign. The hosts were not able to find a way to stop Kazan led by amazing trio Fabris, Bricio and Kadochkina supported by MVP of the match - libero Anna Podkopaeva and the rest of the Russian team.

BEZIERS Volley vs Dinamo-Ak Bars KAZAN 0-3 (12-25, 17-25, 21-25)

The first match between these two sides, back in December, ended with 3-1 win for Dinamo-Ak Bars Kazan, as the Russian team lost the opening set. With no doubts, they learnt the lesson and this time from the beginning of the match they had everything under control on the court. Even if the hosts of this encounter, could count on loud support of orchestra at Narbonne Arena, Kazan didn't show any mercy to the French team in the first set. From 9-8 they quickly ran away with the score to 16-9 and kept improving their advantage further until the end of this part, cloding it to 12. Seven winning blocks by Kazan (3 by Koroleva) made the biggest difference.

Dinamo-Ak Bars Kazan didn't think about slowing down even for a short moment in the second set. Although  their advantage was less spectacular, they controlled the game, mainly thanks to great service (5 aces in this part) and took a 2-0 lead in the game.

The third part turned to be the most competitive. Having their back against the wall, BEZIERS Volley did their very best to not let Kazan to reach any bigger lead. Bianca Cugno and Angela Leyva were the strongest points of the home team, but it was not enough having Bricio, Fabris and Kadochkina on the other side of the court. Especially, that Kazan's libero Podkopaeva impressed with her defending skills - what resulted with MVP award for her. The match-high 15 points was scored by Angela Leyva, once Tatiana Kadochkina and Samanta Fabris contributed with 14 points apiece in Kazan's win.

Earlier on Tuesday, Developres RZESZÓW defeated in three sets SC Prometey DNIPRO to remain unbeaten leader of Pool A. Once, in the other match in this pool DRESDNER SC upset Lokomotiv KALININGRAD Region, earning 3-1 away win.