On Sunday, January 5th local time, in the 19th round of the Polish Prslyga, Zakza Kedzierzynkozle (hereinafter referred to as Zakza), which includes former Wolfdogs Nagoya and Polish national team player Bartosz Kurek, will face Gorzow.
In the first set, Zaksa broke the lead early on with a block from MB Smith, a service ace from OH Grobelny, and an attack from OP Krek, and took a 10-5 lead. Gorzow then closed the gap to 15-13 with an attack from OP Neves, but Zaksa again widened the gap to 23-17 with an attack from OP Krek and a block from MB Poreba in the final stages, and finally Zaksa won the set with a score of 25-19 with an attack from OH Simla.
In the second set, Zaksa scored points mainly from MB Poreba and Gorzow scored points mainly from OH Tutt, leading to a score of 10-10. Then, with a block from MB Smith and an attack from OP Krek, Zaksa took the lead at 16-12 in the middle of the set. After that, Zaksa continued to score side-outs well, mainly from attacks from OH Grobelny and MB Poreba. In the end, Zaksa won this set 25-20 due to an attack error from Gorzow.
In the third set, OH Kwasowski's attacks and blocks gave Gorzow four consecutive breaks to take the lead at 6-10 from the beginning. Zakza caught up quickly with OP Krek's attacks to make it 10-10, but in the middle of the set, OH Kwasowski's attack from a good serve from OH Tutt put Gorzow in front again at 14-17. From there, Zakza turned the game around to 20-19 with consecutive attacks from OH Simla, but Gorzow turned the game around again to 20-23 with three consecutive breaks, including an ace, from a serve by OH De Smet, who entered the match as a substitute. Finally, OP Krek was caught by OH Tutt's block, and Gorzow took the set back at 21-25.
In the fourth set, Gorzow led 4-7 after long rallies in the early stages. Zakza turned the game around with a block from MB Poreba and a service ace from OP Krek to 11-10, but a block from OH Kwasowski put Gorzow back in front at 13-16. However, in the final stages, OP Krek scored three consecutive attacks to turn the game around again at 21-20, and the match went to deuce. In the end, consecutive quick hits from MB Smith and MB Poreba gave Zakza the set at 27-25, winning 3-1.
The MVP was OP Krek, who scored the most points on the team with 20. In the first set, he had an attack effectiveness rate of 881 TP3T and was able to win with just a hit, but from the second set onwards, he struggled to make attacks. However, he made consecutive attacks at the end of the fourth set and made a big contribution to the comeback and set capture.
After winning the MVP, he was all yelled at by his teammates and there was a lot of excitement, so it seemed like he was loved by everyone here too lol.
Zaksa is currently in fifth place out of 16 teams, within striking distance of the playoffs, which are open to teams finishing eighth or higher, and they also have a Polish Cup quarter-final against Warsaw coming up next month.
Krek has announced that he will be leaving Zaksa at the end of this season, so this will be the last year we can see him in a Zaksa uniform. How well will he perform in the competitive Polish league?
MVP: OP Bartosz Kurek
20 points (1 on serve), attack effectiveness rate 23%
Detailed match stats
https://www.plusliga.pl/games/action/show/id/1103737.html
Next Round
Polish League
Section 20
January 13th (Mon) 25:30~ vs Gdansk
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