Friendly match: Rabita -Uralochka 2-2

Azerbaijani last champion Rabita Baku played friendly match against Russian legend Uralochka Yekaterinburg on the 30th of October in Baku.
Nikolay Karpol`s team came to Baku to participate in the pre-season "Baku Volley tournament" which will be hold on the 2th of November.
The sides decided to play a friendly match before the tournament and the match finished 2-2. Rabita Baku won the first two sets (25-22: 25-23). Head coach Dejan Brdjovic did some experiments during the match. Azeri NT leader and captain of Rabita Baku Natalya Mammadova played first three sets in her real position-4th zone. As libero Silvija Popovic plays in the World Championship in Japan,another outside-hitter Bojana Doganjic played as a libero,as in the previous matches of Rabita. Bulgarian setter Diana Nenova was the starting setter in the first three sets. Mammadova`s diagonal was Olga Tocko Attivi, the setter`s opposite was Sanja Starovic.
The following two sets were won by Uralochka,which was lead another great name Evgeniya Artamanova Estes and Bulgarian middle-blocker Strashimira Filipova (25-18: 28-26)

The statistics of the match by Artem Borisenko (we are very thankful to him).