Men's CSKA took Deya Sport Bs and is in the final for the volleyball title

The CSKA team qualified for the final playoff at Efbet Super Volley. Alexander Popov's boys overturned and literally broke Deya Sport (Burgas) with 3:1 (17:25, 25:16, 25:15, 25:16) in match #4 of the semi-final playoff between them, played tonight in the hall " "Hristo Botev" in the capital, reported Sportal.

Thus, the "red" won the semi-final series with 3-1 victories and qualified for the championship final for the first time since the 2017/2018 season. There CSKA awaits the winner of the other semi-final between Levski Sofia and the current champion Neftohimik 2010 (Burgas). The final series will begin next Saturday (April 20) and will be played again until 3 wins from 5 games.

On the other hand, Deya Sport, which won the Bulgarian Cup earlier in the season, drops out of the fight for the country's title. But thanks to finishing in first place in the regular season, Burgas will win the silver medals.

At the beginning of the first game of the meeting, CSKA quickly took a 3:1 lead after a strong counter by Todor Valchev and an excellent block by Ivan Michal. The difference grew to 9:5 after another block, this time by the distributor Delcho Raev, and a counter by Hristiyan Velikov. Two successful attacks by Valentin Bratoev followed and two blocks by Nikolay Nikolov, who returned to the game after a long absence, and 9:9. Deya Sport even pulled ahead with 12:10 after another block by Niki Nikolov and an ace by Valyo Bratoev, which made the coach of the "reds" Alexander Popov to ask for a break. The hosts reached 13:13 after two successful attacks by Strahinja Burzakovic. Burgazlii took the lead again at 17:14 after a wrong serve by Burzakovic followed by an excellent block by Georgi Bratoev and an ace by Lukas Madalos. After the second time-out for Sasho Popov and CSKA, another strong ace by Madalos followed and 18:14. The result was 21:16 after a dropped ball by Valyo Bratoev, after which Deya sport calmly won the game with 25:17 after another successful block, this time by Nikolay Uchikov.

The second part started evenly until 3:3, after which CSKA pulled away with 5:3 after a wrong service by Nikolay Nikolov and an out attack by Nikolay Uchikov from the guests. Gradually, Deya Sport equalized at 7:7 after a mistake by the hosts and another block by Niki Nikolov. "The Reds" they immediately regained the lead at 10:7 after a strong attack by Strahinja Burzakovic and two out attacks by Valentin Bratoev and Nikolay Uchikov. The two teams continued point for point until 15:12, after which the difference became 16:12 after a mistake by Teodor Todorov from Burgaslii. This forced Deia Sport coach Francesco Cadedu to take a time-out. However, a strong counter followed through the center of Ivan Michal and 17:12. CSKA's lead became 19:13 after a strong ace by Burzakovic. The difference became 23:15 after an attack by Valyo Bratoev from Burgaslii and a counter by Stoyko Nenchev, after which Sasho Popov's players easily closed the game in their favor at 25:16 after a service error by Niki Nikolov and equalized for 1:1.

At the start of the third game, CSKA quickly took a 3:0 lead after two attacks in the outfield by Lukasz Madalos from Burgas and a strong ace by Strahinja Burzakovic, which caused Francesco Cadedu to take a timeout for Deia Sport. Regardless, the difference swelled to 6:1 after a mistake by Georgi Bratoev and a powerful ace by Todor Valchev. The lead of the "red" grew to 10:3 after a counter and excellent blocking by Burzakovic. The score was 13:5 after a counter through the center by Stoyko Nenchev and a second break for Francesco Cadedu and Deya Sport. CSKA continued to increase the gap to 16:6 after a powerful counter by Jorge Garcia, who entered the game in the first half. Regardless of the substitutions and changes made by Cadedu, the hosts kept their lead until 20:12 after another successful attack by Jorge Garcia. In the end, CSKA easily took a 2:1 lead in the game after the convincing 25:15 after another direct point from Burzakovic's serve.

CSKA went strong in the fourth quarter as well, taking a 3:1 lead thanks to Jorge Garcia. The difference grew to 8:4 after two strong and successful attacks by Todor Valchev. The lead of the "red" continued to grow to 12:5 after two great blocks by Valchev and a counter by Ivan Michal. Despite the time-out for Francesco Cadedu and Deya Sport, the score became 14:5 after an ace by Stoyko Nenchev and a mistake by Nikolay Nikolov from Burgaslii, and then 16:6 after another mistake by Niki Nikolov. CSKA kept its advantage until 20:10 after a wrong service by Lukas Madalos from the guests, then won the game calmly with 25:16 after an attack on the out by Valentin Bratoev from the guests and the match. Thus, the army won the semi-final series with 3-1 victories and qualified for the final of the championship.

Semifinal #4:

CSKA - DEYA SPORTS (BURGAS) 3:1 (17:25, 25:16, 25:15, 25:16)

CSKA: Delcho Raev, Strahinya Burzakovich, Todor Valchev, Hristiyan Velikov, Stoyko Nenchev, Ivan Michal - Martin Bozhilov-libero

Head coach: ALEXANDER POPOV

DEYA SPORT: Georgi Bratoev, Nikolay Uchikov, Valentin Bratoev, Lukash Madalos, Teodor Todorov, Nikolay Nikolov - Martin Ivanov-libero

Head coach: FRANCESCO CADEDU.