The first home round was played by the Academy-Kazan team in the new season of the Russian top League "A". On the home ground of the sports complex "Burevestnik", the student team hosted guests from two capitals – the team of St. Petersburg "Avtomobilist" and Moscow technical University.
On the first game day, the owners of the parquet met with volleyball players from the Northern capital. The advantage of Kazan was traced throughout the match, which is why the game proceeded quite rapidly. The first game ended 15 minutes after the start of the match, and the next two games were short-lived. The guests tried to bring down the pressure of the "academicians", but their attempts were not successful. As a result, a confident victory of the Academy-Kazan" - 3:0 (25:17, 25:22, 25:19).
In the second match, the Kazan team played the MSTU team. At first, the game was on an equal footing, and the winner in the first game had to be determined on a tie-break. However, the visitors failed to entice good fortune to your side. In the next two games, the "academicians" looked more confident, caught the wave and slowly but surely moved to victory in the match. As a result, 0: 3, in favor of "Academy-Kazan" (26:28, 20:25, 18:25).
Alexander Serebrennikov, head coach of VK " Academy-Kazan»:
- I liked the second game much better, because we kept our line of play, played almost without mistakes. And at the crucial moment, we endured the opponent a little, without making unnecessary mistakes. In the play-offs, the opponent could not "squeeze" us, but we managed to squeeze them. It makes me happy! Despite the fact that young people are joining the team for the second season, it's nice that the installations are working. This is the most important thing!
Yuri Nechushkin, head coach of the MSTU VC:
- We went to Kazan with the goal of winning two games, but the break in the games affected us. Until the team is ready to play at its maximum, hence the result. In the match against Kazan, none of our players showed what they are capable of. Kazan played with a great desire to win at home, a lot of things happened because of this attitude. They outplayed us in the serve-reception, did not allow us to play a quick game. With this quality of play, it was difficult to expect to win. It is necessary to draw conclusions and to continue to work. I congratulate the opponents with a confident and high-quality game. If they continue to tune in to the game like this, I think many people will lose their nerve.