Russia (bbabo.net), - The fourth round of the men's Champions League, which opened the second round of the group stage, turned into a continuous series of transfers, canceled matches and rather strange games, where, due to the understaffing of volleyball players, for example, a full-time libero I had to perform offensive actions.

The reason for this is the increase in players and teams where positive tests for coronavirus are recorded. Plus, the usual injuries have not gone away. St. Petersburg "Zenith" in the quartet "D" at home went to the match against the Serbian "Vojvodina" without four volleyball players of the main team. The Tokyo Olympic champion in the French national team, Zhenya Grebennikov, even had to retrain from libero to finishers. Personnel losses were too sensitive. "Zenith" was defeated with a score of 0:3 (15:25, 21:25, 21:25). But earlier on the road, the St. Petersburg team, who continue to maintain chances for reaching the playoffs, easily dealt with a rival from Novi Sad.

Group C match between current Champions League trophy holders Polish Kendzierzyn-Kozle and Novosibirsk Lokomotiv has been postponed due to massive cases of covid infection in the host team. Now the opponents will fight for the second time in the tournament in Siberia, the game will be held on February 12.

And only in the capital's "Dynamo" in the main European Cup, everything goes without rough edges. "White-blue" won the fourth victory in a row from the start of the competition, once again dealt with the Belgian "Maaseyk" in group "B" - 3:0 (25:16, 25:15, 25:18). The title of the most valuable player of the match in Moscow was given to Yaroslav Podlesnykh from Dynamo. The silver medalist of the Olympics brought his team 13 points, including three innings right through.

The capital's team significantly outperformed "Maaseik" both in terms of balls won on the serve (8:1) and points earned directly on the block (13:3).

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