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    Overview

    This one is for the reign of Pool C. A win for BERLIN Recycling Volleys will put them past KAZAN and on top of the group with five victories in six matches, as JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel have withdrawn from the competition. It's the final match for the German squad.

    KAZAN still have two matches remaining, if they win tonight in their home theatre, they will be the winners of Pool C and qualify for the quarterfinals. 

    • The match with BERLIN Recycling Volleys could become the 200th in Zenit KAZAN for middle blocker Artem Volvich. He will be the 12th player in club history to reach this milestone. At the end of last week, Volvich extended his contract with the Tatarstan club until the end of the 2021/22 season.

    • Zenit KAZAN and BERLIN Recycling Volleys have played in the Champions League for 9 matches. The total score is 9-0 in favor of the Russian club. In the first round match in Berlin, the team of Vladimir Alekno won 3:0.

    • BERLIN Recycling Volleys captain Sergei Grankin achieved his main victories in the Russian national team under the guidance of Zenit KAZAN head coach Vladimir Alekno. Together they won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics. Then Grankin's teammates were Alexander Butko, Maxim Mikhailov and Alexander Volkov. They will meet at the court on Wednesday night.

    • Both Zenit KAZAN and BERLIN Recycling Volleys are not performing very well in their national championships this season. BERLIN Recycling Volleys have lost two of their last three matches and dropped to 3rd place in the Bundesliga standings. The team from Kazan in December-January suffered a terrible streak of seven defeats in eight matches and now occupies the third position in the Russian Superleague.

    • The score of the confrontation between Zenit KAZAN and German clubs in the Champions League is 22-1 in favor of the Russian club. The only victory was won by VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN in the 2011/12 season. Then in the composition of the Kazan team was Maxim Mikhailov.

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    Glockenturmstr. 3 Berlin

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    Previous Games

    04/03/2021 vs. 0 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
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    • All Time
    • 18
      Competitions Played
    • 1
      Titles
    • Competition
    • 8
      Matches Played
    • 4
      Matches Won
    • 50%
      Win %
    • 13
      Sets Won
    • 550
      Points Won
    • 56%
      Attack %
    • 43%
      Reception %

    Team

    C
    6
    GRANKIN Sergey
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1985
    • Birth Place: Kislovodsk
    • Height: 194 cm
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    1
    KOWALSKI Adam
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Czestochowa
    • Height: 180 cm
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    3
    MORAES Davy Silva
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Birth Place: Lavras
    • Height: 197 cm
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    5
    MICHELUCCI MORALEZ Renan
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: São Paulo/SP
    • Height: 200 cm
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    8
    BREHME Anton
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1999
    • Height: 206 cm
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    9
    CARLE Timothée
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1995
    • Birth Place: Toulon
    • Height: 198 cm
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    10
    ZENGER Julian
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Height: 188 cm
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    11
    KESSEL Cody
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1991
    • Birth Place: Colorado
    • Height: 197 cm
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    12
    TUIA Samuele
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1986
    • Birth Place: Mata-Utu/Wallis
    • Height: 195 cm
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    13
    PATCH Benjamin
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Utah
    • Height: 203 cm
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    14
    KALIBERDA Denys Viktorovic
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1990
    • Birth Place: Poltava
    • Height: 193 cm
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    16
    CARBONERA Eder Francis
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1983
    • Birth Place: Farroupilha
    • Height: 205 cm
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    18
    PUJOL Pierre Michel
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1984
    • Birth Place: Bordeaux
    • Height: 185 cm
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    Staff

    ENARD Cedric
    Head Coach
    ORO Lucio Antonio
    Assistant Coach

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    BERLIN Recycling Volleys

    Overview

    Zenit KAZAN

    Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Match

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    Highlights

    One-handed set from Alexander Butko

    Highlights

    Benjamin Patch up against a three-block

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    Earvin Ngapeth hits in over the shoulder

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    Zenit KAZAN celebrating

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    Earvin Ngapeth reaching for the ball

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    BERLIN Recycling Volleys celebrating

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    Maxim Mikhailov celebrating

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    Zenit KAZAN reamin unbeaten

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    Earvin Ngapeth hitting

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    Match Report

    Zenit KAZAN overpower BERLIN for a quarterfinal spot

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    Record-champions Zenit KAZAN have qualified for the quarterfinals of the 2021 campaign. At their home stadium they beat BERLIN Recycling Volleys in straight sets, as they did in Germany in the first tournament. With their third victory and the two forfeits of JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel, KAZAN now have five wins to their name and are certain of winning Pool C. This was the last match of BERLIN in Round 4, they will have to wait and see if their 12 points from four wins will be enough to book them a spot in the quarterfinal as well.

    From the start of the match there was no doubt as to which team was best wednesday in Russia. Led by Earvin Ngapeth KAZAN were quick to take a defining lead. From 7-7 they sped up to 10-15 and that was it for set 1. Earvin Ngapeth showed his cunningness in attack, playing with the BERLIN block. The first set went the way of KAZAN with 25-18.

    Blocking was on point for the Russian team as well, both Artem Volvich (who played his 200th match for Zenit) and Alexander Volkov had two important stuffs in the first two sets. BERLIN setter Sergey Grankin only had his oppositie Benjamin Patch to go to for points. KAZAN won the second set 25-16.

    In the third BERLIN head coach Cedric Enard mixed it up for his team, hoping they could force a breakthrough against the home team. But to no avail, KAZAN had Bartosz Bednorz who hit three aces in the final set. The final set was 25-14, KAZAN are quarterfinallists once more.

    • Earvin Ngapeth was top scorer of the match with 15 points

    • Benjamin Patch of BERLIN was awarded as the MVP, scoring 14 points in attack at 52%

    • This was the tenth meeting between these teams in the Champions League, Zenit have won all of those matches

    Quotes

    Headcoach Cedric Enard of BERLIN Recycling Volleys: “I am disappointed. Of course, Kazan played and served well, but we did not fight as we are able to. We know about the strength of Kazan, but against such an opponent you have to be active and search for your opportunities. We did not play this match like we were supposed to play.”

    Julian Zenger, libero for BERLIN Recycling Volleys: “Kazan played very consistently and put really big pressure on serving. It was very difficult for us. The head may still go down a bit too early, which is why we missed our possibilities. It's a pity, but now we hope that we can get a ticket for the quarterfinals anyway.”

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    86
    Points

    The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.

    66
    Duration

    The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.

    1300
    Spectators

    Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.

    131
    Match Spikes

    The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.

    35%
    Reception Level

    An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.

    0-7
    Net Domination

    The number of successful point winning blocks of BERLIN Recycling Volleys compared to Zenit KAZAN.

    2-8
    Ace Count

    BERLIN Recycling Volleys number of service aces compared to Zenit KAZAN

    47-31
    Error Difference

    Errors leading to points of BERLIN Recycling Volleys, next to those from Zenit KAZAN