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In the above video you can see some highlights taken from Casa Modena vs Diatec Trento for the Serie A1 Play-off quarter-finals. This was the round 2, that took place at Pala Panini crowded with over 4600 supporters (tickets for the match were sold out in a blink of an eye) and was won by Casa Modena with the final score 3-1 (25-18 25-20 21-25 27-25). Casa Modena (that was 5th at the end of the Regular Season, Diatec Trentino was 4th) had already won the previous match (round 1) 3-0 in Trento. As a consequence of that, for the first time after 6 years, Diatec Trentino, the Current Italian Champion, is not reaching the Serie A1 semi-finals. Excellent performance by Casa Modena on serve: 6 aces and only 11 faults. Too many mistakes for Diatec instead: 18 faults and just 1 ace. Uros Kovacevic (Casa Modena) was awarded as MVP even though the best scorers for Casa Modena were N’gapeth with 16 points scored (1 block), Bartman (15 points, 3 blocks) and Beretta (9 points scored, 4 blocks). In Diatec Trentino, Sokolov scored 22 points (1 block), Solé (14 points, 6 blocks) and Lanza(10 points scored). According to the quarter-final final scores, Serie A1 semi-finals are: Lube Banche Marche Macerata vs Casa Modena and Copra Elior Piacenza vs Sir Safety Perugia. .

#LeoShoesModena #ItasTrentino #ItalianSerieA1201314

Sada Cruzeiro is the first finalist of Brazilian League 2013/2014. The team reached the final of Superliga for the 4th consecutive time. There's no secret for the success : the original formation hasn't changed very much through the years, some key players like Willian Arjona, Wallace de Souza and Filipe Ferraz play together for a long time and this definitelly makes the difference. In the last 4 years, Cruzeiro reached 15 finals of different tournaments and they got 11 titles, including the world championship club in 2013. In this second semifinal match, the cuban Leal was the MVP and the top scorer (12 points). For Minas' side, the middle-blocker Henrique said he expected to move on in the championship : " I Always think about reaching the final and to be champion of course. I'm very proud to be part of Minas, but we all know Cruzeiro is too strong, they deserved to win" .

#SadaCruzeiroVolei #MinasTenisClube #BrazilianSuperliga201314

Sada Cruzeiro is the first finalist of Brazilian League 2013/2014. The team reached the final of Superliga for the 4th consecutive time. There's no secret for the success : the original formation hasn't changed very much through the years, some key players like Willian Arjona, Wallace de Souza and Filipe Ferraz play together for a long time and this definitelly makes the difference. In the last 4 years, Cruzeiro reached 15 finals of different tournaments and they got 11 titles, including the world championship club in 2013. In this second semifinal match, the cuban Leal was the MVP and the top scorer (12 points). For Minas' side, the middle-blocker Henrique said he expected to move on in the championship : " I Always think about reaching the final and to be champion of course. I'm very proud to be part of Minas, but we all know Cruzeiro is too strong, they deserved to win" .

#WilliamArjonaElMago #WallacedeSouza #FilipRejlek #MarceloElgartenMarcelinho #SadaCruzeiroVolei #MinasTenisClube #BrazilianSuperliga201314

The key to the win by Sesi São Paulo was the team spirit and team play. Sao Paulo’s attack was divided into five players: Ricardo Souza (16 points), Renan Buitatti (11 points), Murilo Enders (9 points), Sidnei Santos (9 points) and Lucas Saatkamp (9 points). On the opposite side of the net the best scorer was Diogo Silva, who scored 13 points, including 11 from attack. Now is 1:0 for Sesi São Paulo . The second match will be played on April 5th in "Taquaral" hall in Campinas. This year’s league is special because Brazilian Federation authorities made up their mind to test a new playing system proposed by FIVB and hence the winner will be emerged after scoring 21st point (all of them were played to 21 points with the exception of the tie-break).

#VoleiRenataCampinas #SesiSaoPaulo #BrazilianSuperliga201314

The most interesting actions from Sunday's match (23.03.2014) between Bre Banca Cuneo and Casa Modena. Angelo Lorenzetti's team won without big problems in three sets (25:21, 25:18, 25:21). Amazing match of Uros Kovacević. He was the most effective player of that match. He scored 18 points, including 72% in attack. The best scorer was Antonin Rouzier, from Cuneo, with 13 points. He finished 12 of 17 balls in attack. It was 71% efficiency in attack. "It was a cold shower for us, but I think we'll be able to make something good out of it in the future", said coach of Bre Banca Cuneo, Roberto Piazza. Thanks to that victory Casa Modena is on the 5th place in Serie A. Cuneo with 32 points is on the 6th place. Now Casa Modena will play in play-off with Trentino Volley (4th place in the regular season). Cuneo will face revelation of Serie A: Sir Safety Perugia.

#LeoShoesModena #PiemonteVolley #ItalianSerieA1201314

Full game between Sada Cruzeiro Volei and Vivo/Minas. In the first semifinal match of Brazilian League, Sada Cruzeiro gave absolutely no chance to Vivo Minas and won in straight 3 sets. Inspired night of Cruzeiro setter, Willian Arjona, the MVP of the match. In addition, Filipe Ferraz and Wallace de Souza had great performances as well. Wallace was the top scorer (11 points). Vivo Minas was unrecognizable, one of the most important players, the czech opposite Filip was substituted in the first set and didn't come back to court. For Willian Arjona, despite the good result, Cruzeiro can improve much more : " We could have done some things we trained. But it was a good match, the team was agressive and we must behave like this at this point of the championship ". For Marcelo Elgarten, Minas setter and capitain, it's time for Minas to reflect about what happened: " If we weren't mentally well prepared, we must stop and think about it. We have one week now to prepare ourselves and we're going to play at home". In Brazilian Superliga, semifinals are decided in a best of 3 matches.

#WilliamArjonaElMago #WallacedeSouza #MarceloElgartenMarcelinho #SadaCruzeiroVolei #MinasTenisClube #BrazilianSuperliga201314

In the first semifinal match of Brazilian League, Sada Cruzeiro gave absolutely no chance to Vivo Minas and won in straight 3 sets. Inspired night of Cruzeiro setter, Willian Arjona, the MVP of the match. In addition, Filipe Ferraz and Wallace de Souza had great performances as well. Wallace was the top scorer (11 points). Vivo Minas was unrecognizable, one of the most important players, the czech opposite Filip was substituted in the first set and didn't come back to court. For Willian Arjona, despite the good result, Cruzeiro can improve much more : " We could have done some things we trained. But it was a good match, the team was agressive and we must behave like this at this point of the championship ". For Marcelo Elgarten, Minas setter and capitain, it's time for Minas to reflect about what happened: " If we weren't mentally well prepared, we must stop and think about it. We have one week now to prepare ourselves and we're going to play at home". In Brazilian Superliga, semifinals are decided in a best of 3 matches.

#WallacedeSouza #WilliamArjonaElMago #MarceloElgartenMarcelinho #SadaCruzeiroVolei #MinasTenisClube #BrazilianSuperliga201314

It was battle between great setters: Nikola Grbić and Mikko Esko and Russian spikers: Maxim Mikhailov and Nikolay Pavlov. 17th round was matches between teams from red group and blue group. Zenit Kazan (current leader) won that game in four sets. The hosts played great game. They won 16 of 17 matches in the regular season. Their opponents, Nizhny Novgorod stays on the 4th place with 30 points. Matthew Anderson had a significant contribution to the outcome of the game. He scored 21 points, 61% in attack. Matthew finished 19 of 31 balls in attack. In Novgorod, Nikolay Pavlov was the best scorer with 24 points. Novgorod is having a difficult time in Russian Superliga, they lost two games and there are another difficult challenges along the way - their next opponent is Dynamo Moscow (2nd place).

#ZenitKazan #ASKNizhnyNovgorod #RussianSuperleague201314

Spike of 34 years old Ivan Miljković in semi-final of Challenge Cup 2013/14. Fenerbahce won both matches and advanced to the final with Andreoli Latina. Then they won it scoring their first trophy in European Cups. Ivan was best scorer and best spiker of match in Reze (he scored 15 points, 13 by attack).

#IvanMiljkovic #ChallengeCup201314 #technicalspike

Full game of 16th round in Eastern Division of Russian Superliga 2013/14: Nizhny Novgorod - Lokomotiv Novosibirsk. Team coached by Andrey Voronkov won in four sets 3:1 (25:17, 25:20, 25:27; 25:23). They played with a heart. They more confident and they stayed focused and strong till the end. On the opposite side there was stars of Russian volleyball like: Nikolay Pavlov, Pawel Abramov and Alexey Kuleshov. In that game Lukas Divis played great in reception and attack. He scored 13 points (68% in attack). Also Nikolay Pavlov played on his highest level (best scorer with 18 points and 46% in attack). Now Lokomotiv is on the third place in "blue group" and Novgorod on the fourth position. "We are in a good shape and we have been playing well in recent times", said on the press conference coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, Andrey Voronkov.

#NikolayPavlov #LukasDivis #LokomotivNovosibirsk #ASKNizhnyNovgorod #RussianSuperleague201314

Skra Bełchatów without three important players played in the last round of regular season of Plusliga against Effector Kielce. Mariusz Wlazły and Andrzej Wrona stayed at home. Nicolas Uriarte not entered the court. MVP of game was libero Bartosz Kaczmarek. Bruno Romanutti with 24 points was the best scorer of that game. In Bełchatów, Wojciech Włodarczyk was best scorer in that game with 23 points.. Effector Kielce won in tie-break. Kielce took 8th place in the regular season. Now they will play in play-off with Resovia Rzeszów (the first match Resovia won in three sets). Skra will play in play-off with AZS Politechnika Warszawska (7th place in the regular season).

#KPSKielce #PGESkraBelchatow #Plusliga201314

Highlights video from 13th round's battle between Zenit Kazan and Kuzbass Kemerovo. 13th round was matches between teams from red group and blue group. It was battle between Maxim Mikhaylov and Marcus Nilsson on the net. Zenit Kazan won all sets (27:25, 25:19, 25:23). Vladimir Alekno's team is on the first place with 40 points (they lost game against Belogorie Belgorod in tie-break) . Their opponents, Kuzbass Kemerovo stays on the 6th place with 16 points..

#ZenitKazan #KuzbassKemerovo #RussianSuperleague201314

One of the matches scheduled in the 19th round of Serie A1. It was played on the 2nd of March, 2014 at PalaBanca, Cuneo. Both teams are close in Serie A ranking and they are fighting for the fifth place. Bre Lannutti Cuneo, supported by 2500 fans, got 3 important points in the match with Città di Castello. Final score was 3-0 for Cuneo (25-17, 25 - 16, 25-15). Coach Roberto Piazza relied once more on the starting 6 that, after a difficult start this season, seems to provide him balance and consistency: Gonzalez, Casadei, Maruotti, Antonov, De Togni, Kohut, libero De Pandis. The starting 6 of Città d Castello was: Corvetta, Fromm, Massari, Van Walle, Piano, libero Tosi. Emanuel Kohut (Cuneo) was the best scorer for Cuneo and also the MVP of the game: he scored 13 points (5 blocks). His teammate Gabriele Maruotti scored 12 points (3 blocks). Best players in Città di Castello were Christian Fromm (13 points scored, 1 block) and Gert Van Walle (12 points, 4 blocks). “We played an excellent match” said Kohut after the match. “Everything worked perfectly, starting with our choices when blocking. This victory is twice important for us, because of the points we got and because Castello is very close to us in the overall placings”. Javier Gonzales added “we didn’t play well last Sunday so we needed to get these points. In comparison with our last performance we approached this match in a different way. We are satisfy with the score, of course, but we need more points to end the season in the best way possible”. Andrea Rossi (Altotevere Città di Castello and former Cuneo’s player): “I’m always happy when I play in Cuneo because I have the opportunity of meeting many friends of mine. Today nothing worked for us, the reception mainly. Cuneo studied us and our game well: I know coach Piazza and I know how he works; they perfectly prepared the match”.

#PiemonteVolley #AltotevereSanGiustino #ItalianSerieA1201314

Yesterday's semi-final of CEV Cup between Russian Nizhny Novgorod and Polish Skra Bełchatów. Revenge will be played on Sunday in Bełchatów. In the second semi-final Constanta surprisingly won with French Paris Volley 3:2. That was first defeat of Skra in this year. “We made a very good effort and won two sets. This means we can win at home with any score and qualify for the final. I mean, only if we win 3:2 we will get to play a golden set. Our opponents have a great team and played very good in the first and second sets. This way they could take the lead but it does not mean that we played badly.”, said Miguel Angel Falasca, coach of Skra Bełchatów.

#NicolasUriarteNico #FacundoConte #MikkoEsko #MariuszWlazly #MilosNikic #NikolayPavlov #SergeySavin #ASKNizhnyNovgorod #PGESkraBelchatow #CEVCup201314

Battle between Nizhny Novgorod and Belogorie Belgorod. The current leader of blue group (Belogord) played great game. They won that game 3:1. That result wasn't was surprise for most of spectators. In that game Sergey Tetyukhin played great in reception and attack. Also Dmitriy Muserskiy played on his highest level (best scorer with 20 points and 67% in attack).

#BelogorieBelgorod #ASKNizhnyNovgorod #RussianSuperleague201314

New player of Casa Modena: Earvin N'Gapeth in action. French player joined the team during the season. Only best actions from game between Trentino Volley and Casa Modena (17th round, regular season). He received an MVP award !!! French star scored 17 points. N'Gapeth finished 16 of 25 balls in attack. It was 64% efficiency in attack. He had a significant contribution to the outcome of the game. His pipe spikes were a surprise element for Sebastian Sole and Matteo Burgsthaler. Casa Modena won that game in three sets (27:25, 25:19, 25:22). Trento is on the fourth place of Serie A (31 points) and Modena with 22 points is on the 8th place.

#BrunoRezendeBruninho #EarvinNGapeth #LeoShoesModena #ItasTrentino #ItalianSerieA1201314

Yesterday's highlights from game between Trentino Volley and Bre Banca Cuneo (Serie A 2013/14). Roberto Piazza's team won that game 3:1. MVP of that match was setter Javier Gonzalez. Cuneo is on the 5th place in the table. At the beginning of every set the game was pretty equal, but then Cuneo showed the difference of the level between those two teams. It was a good game of all team (especially Alberto Casadei and Oleg Antonov). Player from Hungary: David Szabo scored 21 points for Trentino Volley. In next rounds Trento will face Modena and San Giustino and they hope for the victory. In next round Cuneo will play against Copra Piacenza (16.02.2014).

#PiemonteVolley #ItasTrentino #ItalianSerieA1201314

Lube Banca Macerata, Sir Safety Perugia, Copra Piacenza and Trentino Volley will play in semifinals of Italian Cup 2014. The first three teams took 3-0 victories, while Trentino won in four sets and each of them deserved to play in semifinals. You can see battle between Tsvetan Sokolov and Zbigniew Bartman on the net. Bulgarian player scored 27 points, while Polish spiker Zbigniew Bartman scored 19 points. "We are thrilled because we deservedly qualified to this final four by playing good and effective volleyball. We put our hearts in every rally, this was a great team victory. Our fans deserved to go to Bologna but we also deserved it, we never gave up when we faced some difficulties”", said Tsvetan Sokolov. Italian Cup final four to take place on March 8-9 in Bologna. The event will be organized by the Italian Volleyball League Serie A in collaboration with the Bologna town hall, the Emilia Romagna Fipav Regional Committee and the Bologna Fipav Provincial Committee.

#LeoShoesModena #ItasTrentino #ItalianCup201314

Yesterday's game from CEV Cup 2013/14. Mikko Esko, Nikolay Pavlov (14 points) and Alexey Kuleshov (6 points) in action. French club won only first set - 25:19. They lost game 1:3. Sergey Savin played great game. He scored 19 points (60% in attack). In first game Nizhny Novgorod won all sets. Russian club will play in the Challange-Round of CEV Cup against Olympiacos Piareus. Greek team took 3rd place in group B of the Champions League. The first match will be played on February 5th in Novgorod. "I have to congratulate my players because they made a big effort to win this game", said Nizhny Novgorod coach: Plamen Konstantinov after the game. "I also want to pay tribute to our fans who have been at our side in all the matches we played, home and away".

#MikkoEsko #NikolayPavlov #AlekseyKuleshov #SergeySavin #AragodeSete #ASKNizhnyNovgorod #CEVCup201314

Trentino Volley made it to the Play-off 1/6 of the Champions League 2013/14 after defeating the Belgians of Noliko Maaseik 3:1 at the "PalaTrento" (25:23, 25:19, 26:28, and 25:23). In the next round, Trento will face against Belogorie Belgorod. The middle-blocker of Trentino Volley: Sebastian Solé was named MVP of the match with 53% of efficiency in attack (he scored 13 points, including 5 blocks). Noteworthy was also the performance of opposite David Szabo who played in the third and fourth set and scored 11 points (including 3 aces). On the other side of the net Federico Pereyra nearly won a set all alone, as he scored 24 points. "It is always tough playing against a strong team such Trentino; we tried and we gave our best, but their level is too high. It was a pity, but it was anyway a good and useful experience for our team", said the head coach of Noliko, Erik Verstraten. .

#VCGreenyardMaaseik #ItasTrentino #ChampionsLeague201314

Movie showing Bruno Romanutti life in Kielce, Poland. He was revelation of Argentinian A1 2011/12 so that he signed a contract with Puerto San Martín Voley. In next season he was best spiker of Argentinian League. Bruno joined Effector Kielce in July 2013 and he had the task to replace Armando Danger. Bruno scored 159 points in regular season of Polish Plusliga (he was on the 47th position on the ranking of best scrorers). In February 2014 he came into conflict with coach of Effector Kielce: Dariusz Daszkiewicz. At first he said in press conference that he doesn't feel support with some of teammates. Than in match against Resovia in Rzeszów he was disappointed by coach's decision and he threw bottle with water into the ground. In next match against Kędzierzyn-Koźle he was removed from the team and Effector won with one of the best team of Plusliga 3:0. "Let this season end now, please" he wrote on his twitter.

#BrunoRomanutti #Plusliga201314 #documentary #AthletesLife

Trentino came back from Latina with the three points after four hard-fought sets and is now ready to fly to Belgium for the Champions League play-off 1/12. MVP of game was Salvatore Rossini (libero of Andreoli Latina). “"Three points against a team that deserves to be higher than where it stands in the table. We had a few physical problems after the Verona game, we did well to come out with a good performance, we showed great character as we have often done this season”", said coach of Trentino Volley: Roberto Serniotti.

#TopVolleyCisterna #ItasTrentino #ItalianSerieA1201314

Highlights from yesterday's match between Trentino Volley and Calzedonia Verona. Were you surprised by the result? Team coached by Andrea Giani presented completely a new face. They played with a heart. Dante Boninfante had a significant contribution to the outcome of the game. He was MVP of game. Nice match of Adam White (16 points). Australian player was the best scorer in Verona. The big star of the evening, however, was the middle-blocker: Aidan Zingel, who scored 15 points, including 5 blocks and 73% in attack. He finished 8 of 11 balls in attack. Tsvetan Sokolov (star of Trentino Volley) scored 17 points, but in that match he wasn't so effective (he has just 34% efficiency). Thanks to that victory Verona is on 5th place in Serie A. Trento with 22 points is on 3rd place.

#NBVVerona #ItasTrentino #ItalianSerieA1201314

Sir Safety Perugia was very difficult to beat for Trentino Volley. Roberto Serniotti's team came out of this battle with 2 points and Alexandre Ferreira was the best player of game (18 points, 47% in attack). Trento without best player: Tsvetan Sokolov won that game in tie-break. The best scorer of Perugia was Aleksandar Atanasijević with 14 points. Both teams made a huge number of mistakes (Perugia - 32, Trentino - 25). Trentino Volley dominated at the net with 17 blocks, including 6 points by Emanuele Birarelli. On the press conference Andrea Semenzato (player of Sir Safety Perugia) said: "We had an emergency line-up, just like them. I think we played a good game. Unfortunately, we were influenced by poor starts in the sets we lost, it’s always tough to come back against Trento".

#ItasTrentino #SirSafetyConadPerugia #ItalianSerieA1201314

The most interesting actions from Sunday's match (22.12.2012) between Bre Banca Cuneo and Vibo Valentia. The hosts played great game. They had a lot of problems lately. Roberto Piazza's team has been eliminated already in the 1/8 play-offs of the CEV Cup. Gabriele Maruotti had a significant contribution to the outcome of the game. He scored 20 points, 53% in attack. In Valentia, Mauro Gavotto was the best scorer with 14 points, but in that match he wasn't so effective (he has just 37% efficiency in attack). Vibo is having a difficult time in Serie A, they lost six games and there are another difficult challenges along the way - their next opponent is Exprivia Molfetta.

#TonnoCallipoCalabriaViboValentia #PiemonteVolley #ItalianSerieA1201314

Team from Berlin proved to be a tough one to beat, especially with the local support. The Italian champions had already secured the first place in group D. They arrived to the German capital without of important players. Tvestan Sokolov not entered the court (in the first two sets). Emanuele Birarelli and David Szabo did not even travel with the team. The experiment did not quite give the expected results, to say the least, and the three-time European champions were completely vanquished by their hosts. Despite the relative insignificance of the match, Berlin took a perfect advantage of the weak Italians and won a prestigious straight-set victory. Robert Kromm with his 13 points was the best scorer for Berlin. Halkbank and the city of Ankara will organize the final event at the end of March. Until then,Trentino will face Noliko Maaseik in the first play-off stage in January, and Berlin will face Zenit Kazan just like in 2012/13. Now they will want to take revange on Kazan.

#BerlinRecyclingVolleys #ItasTrentino #ChampionsLeague201314

In the last game of the Champions League prelims, Zenit Kazan and Lube Banca Macerata amazed the local Volleyball fans in the capital city of Tatarstan with a stunning match full of dramatic and thrilling rallies. Thanks to that success the players of Vladimir Alekno qualified for the Play-offs 1/12 as the first-ranked team in group E. The American wing-spiker: Matthew Anderson became the top scorer for Zenit Kazan with 21 points. Ivan Zaytsev was the best scorer of game with 32 points. "The match was very tense. Unfortunately, in the decisive moments the referees failed to interpret correctly some controversial points and decided not in our favor. That considerably affected the final result. Zenit Kazan players really misbehaved and were constantly provoking us. As a result, they achieved their goal", said the captain of Lube Banca Macerata, Ivan Zaytsev after the match.

#ZenitKazan #CucineLubeCivitanova #ChampionsLeague201314

Mark Lebedew's team won against Generali Unterchahing in the semi-final of the German Cup in three sets (25:21, 26:24, 25:18). Berlin Volleys played an excellent game. Best players of game: Robert Kromm (13 points) and Sebastian Schwarz (13 points). Berlin will face against VfB Friedrichshafen in the final match which is scheduled for 2nd March 2014 on Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle. So, two German representatives in CEV Champions League will face each other in a battle for prestigious trophy. Movie focuses on battle between Berlin Volleys and Arkas Spor Izmir. German champions won that game 3:0. Berlin Volleys with 12 points is on 2nd place in group D. "Having so many games to play within this short period of time makes it difficult to always give off 100 percent. Even more important is the actual attitude and the will the team brings into the match and there’s nothing to hold against the team as regards these factors. The players are motivated while being focused on the goals we have set", said coach of Berlin Volleys, Mark Lebedew.

#MarkLebedew #ArkasSporIzmir #BerlinRecyclingVolleys #TSVUnterhaching #ChampionsLeague201314 #GermanCup201314

Highlights from game of the Russian Superliga between Dynamo Moscow and Zenit Kazan. 6th round was matches between teams from red group and blue group. Vladimir Alekno's team won that game 3:1 (25:17, 33:31, 21:25, 25:16). Both of wing-spikers: Denis Biryukov and Matthew Anderson played nice game. Anderson won a battle against Biryukov, he scored 15 points (best scorer in Zenit Kazan). Biryukov scored 13 points, but in that match he wasn't so effective. He has just 37% efficiency in attack. Let's see a great battle between two the best setters in Russian Superliga: Sergey Grankin (Dynamo) and Nikola Grbić (Zenit). Russian champion is on 1st place in red group now. Dynamo Moscow with 12 points is on 4th place in blue group.

#ZenitKazan #DynamoMoscow #RussianSuperleague201314

Lokomotiv Novosibirsk will not defend the Champions League trophy claimed in Omsk this spring. The team, coached by Andrey Voronkov, wasted the last chance. They lost game against Zenit Kazan 1:3. The best scorer of the match was Maxim Mikhailov from Zenit with 22 points while Oreol Camejo from Lokomotiv scored 21 points. The case of victory in group A will be solved next week when Lube Banca will play against Zenit Kazan in Tatarstan.

#ZenitKazan #LokomotivNovosibirsk #ChampionsLeague201314