Volgograd waterpolists beat Baltika in Kazan with a score of 14:12
Volgograd Spartak successfully completed the Kazan camp before leaving for Greece. In the match of the starting round of the men’s championship of the Eurasian Waterpole League, the wards of Nikolai Kozlov and Yuri Cheshev were stronger than St. Petersburg Baltika – 14:12 (2:3, 3:3, 5:2, 4:4)
The first eight minutes were won by St. Petersburg - 3: 2. In the second quarter, the opponents exchanged effective attacks (3: 3), and the teams left for a long break with a minimum advantage of Baltika - 6: 5.
The course of the meeting was broken by the third quarter: Volgograders spent their strongest period, took it 5: 2 and went ahead - 10: 8.
In the final eight minutes, the St. Petersburgers tried to recoup, but Spartak did not allow them to close the gap: 4:4 in the last period, the result was 14:12 in favor of Volgograders.
The winners three goals scored Kirill Nosaev and Roman Usov, two more goals on the account of Maxim Shulev. “Baltika” three times distinguished Nikita Potashkin and Bogdan Komarov, twice accurate was Artem Kaltygin.
The match with St. Petersburg was the last for Spartak at the Kazan camp. On October 22, Volgograders will go to Athens, where in the first qualifying round of the Confederations Cup they are waiting for opponents from Greece, Portugal, Germany and Croatia.
After an unpleasant defeat from Astrakhan Dynamo-SHORE (11:12), the victory over Baltika allowed Volgograders to confidently close the Kazan tour, establish game connections and approach the international test with a good attitude.
