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Read this interview! It is in Russian. I could translate,but in their original language it is much much better,origin! You may figure out so many nice and amazing facts about two GRAND people of the Volleyball World!
Eugenia Artamanova (Estes) and Nikolay Karpol!

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Today: 5th leg of the Azerbaijani Superleague

The 5th leg of the Azerbaijani Super league starts today in Sarhadchi Olympic Centre.
The first match will be played between the last Champion Rabita Baku and the debutant of the Super league "VC Shirvan". The match starts on 14:00.
After this match, at 16:00 Lokomotiv which is looking forward to claim its first victory will test another debutant of the competition "VC Baki" which strengthen its squad with Brazilian Juliana Valente. This match can be debut for 25 years old outside-hitter in the Azeri arena.
And the last match also promises us a very hard battle between two teams on the first two rankings with the same points,with the average of the played match. Azerrail and Igtisadchi will do their best to stay on the first position.The match starts at 18:00.
Matches will be broadcasted by Idman Azerbaijan TV.

Oksana Parkhomenko`s Dinamo Moscow with full speed

The Azeri National team captain Oksana Parkhomenko`s Dinamo Moscow defeated Omichka Omsk in the match of the Russian Super league 6th leg.
National team setter Oksana Parkhomenko scored 2 points. Dinamo Moscow defeated Omichka in three straight sets 3-0(25-21: 25-20: 25-21)

The best scorer of the match was Carolina Costagrande with 20 points,she was followed by Natalia Goncharova (19 points) and Yuliya Merkulova (12 points). The best scorer of the Omsk girls was Cuban National team ex-member Yaima Ortiz Charro with 17 points.
19 December 2010 Fakel Novy Urengoy - Samorodok Khabarovsk 0:3 (33:35, 23:25, 24:26) Best scorers: Kutyukova 15, Lisarenko 14, Dianskaya 11, Nabokova 10, Hendzel 10; Doronina 18, Sotnikova 16, Margatskaya 16, Zarkova 7 Leningradka San Pietroburgo - Dinamo Yantar Kaliningrad 2:3 (21:25, 25:15, 23:25, 25:22, 10:15) Best Scorers: Tzvetkova 23, Alimova 16, Beier 14, Belousova 13; Nazarova 15, Sukhova 14, E.Orlova 13, Beck 12 Proton Saratov Region - Dinamo Kazan 0:3 (23:25, 21:25, 14:25) Zarechie Odintsovo - Avtodor Metar Chelyabinsk 3:0 (25:18, 25:18, 25:8) Dinamo Krasnodar - Uralochka NTMK Sverdlovsk Region 3:0 (25:19, 25:22, 25:13) Best Scorers: Ana Paula Lopes Ferreira "Fofinha" 21, Bukreeva 13, Barboza 11, Rogacheva 9; Maryukhnhich 11, S.Filipova 10, Estes-Artamonova 10, Kovalchuk 7 20 December 2010 Omichka Omsk - Dinamo Moskova 0:3 (21:25, 20:25, 21:25) Best Scorers: Yaima Ortiz 18, Yaneva 7, Malofeeva 6, A.Orlova 6; Costagrande 20, N.Goncharova 19, Merkulova 9, Perepelkina 7 Ranking Dinamo Kazan 18 (6-0) Dinamo Moscow 15 (5-0) Dinamo Krasnodar 15 (5-1) Omichka Omsk 12 (4-2) Uralochka NTMK Sverdlovsk Region 11 (4-2) Zarechie Odintsovo 7 (2-3) Samorodok Khabarovsk 6 (2-4) Dinamo Yantar Kaliningrad 5 (2-4) Avtodor Metar Chelyabinsk 5 (1-5) Proton Saratov Region 4 (2-4) Leningradka San Pietroburgo 4 (1-5) Fakel Novy Urengoy 3 (1-5)

Video: Rabita Baku 3-0 Aluprof Bielsko-Biala

Braziliana Juliana Valente joins "VC Baki"

The debutant of the Azerbaijani Super league "VC Baki" inks Brazilian outside-hitter Juliana Valente.
25 years old Juliana Valente played for Czech Modranska Prostejov with Kimberly Glass,last season. She will replace Canadian outside-hitter Stacey Gordon( she signed in Puerto-Rico again) in her new team.

He is coming! Jan de Brandt!!! Or...

The last Azerbaijani bronze medalist Igtisadchi Baku resigned with Turkish head coach Reshat Yaziciogullari due to some internal problems on the eve of the 4th leg of the Azeri Super league.
Belgium specialist,Jan de Brandt is very close to replace his Turkish colleague on this position. Last two seasons Jan de Brandt was coaching Turkish Fenerbahce and won two Turkish leagues (one of them with our Oksana Parkhomenko,Valeriya Korotenko and Nisa Kuliyeva), one Turkish cup and Super Cup and won the bronze medals of CEV Cup. Last season Fenerbahce of Jan de Brandt also was the finalist of the CEV Indesit Champions league.
Before Fenerbahce Jan de Brandt coached the Belgium National team,Spanish Grand Tenerife Marichal. We are waiting for YOU!
Welcome,Great coach and Great Person!

Note: The Croatian National team head coach Miroslav Aksentijevic is also one of the candidates to this post.

Lokomotiv is still without victory!

Yesterday,on the 20th November the 4th leg of the Azeri Super league came to the end with very interesting matches.
In the first match of the day the debutant of the Super league "VC Shirvan" was tested by the team of stars Igtisadchi which played the match without its Turkish head coach Yaziciogullari.
The beginning of the match was disappointing for the young girls of "VC Shirvan", which lost six straight points from the opponents serves. And only then, "Shirvan" was able to soak through - 1:6. As a result, the first set finished with a score of 25:14 in favor of "Igtisadchi" with a brilliant performance of German setter Weiss and the Croatian middle-blocker Ivana Milos.

However, in the second period, "Shirvan" showed character: until that time the game was equal. Young Azeri player Alina Aliyeva played amazing in every part of the court,serving very strong aces and powerfully attacking from the back row.Morever,"Igtisadchi" stepped forward,but the young fighters carried the set to tie-break,where they were luckier - 26-24

The third period showed that the "Shirvan" is set to a serious struggle,and the victory against Lokomotiv of stars was not by an accident. "Shirvan" was great with Azeri National team member Aynur Karimova on block and Alina Aliyeva at reception and attacks. They had an advantage in five points but at the end of the set Dutch star Alice Blom and Spanish middle-blocker Marisa Fernandez led their team to the victory in the third set. 25-22
The third set was very important for young girls,but losing this set they gave up in the following one with the score 25-15 and Igtisadchi closed the match 3-1.
The best players of the match were: Alina Aliyeva from "VC Shirvan" and Alice Blom from Igtisadchi.

Rabita and "VC Baki" faced in the second match of the day. Rabita was playing without the captain Natalya Mammadova who was replaced with the former captain Bojana Doganjic.
"VC Baki" missed Canadian outside-hitter with whom they did not come to the agreement and who is replaced by Brasilian player (more info soon) which did nit take a part in the match due to license problems.
Rabita played great all match long and claimed an easy victory in three sets with smart performance of Sanja Starovic and Kimberly Glass. 3-0 (20-25, 19-25, 17-25)
The best players were: Sanja Starovic (Rabita) and Sarai Alvarez (VC Baki)
The last match was played between Azerrail and Lokomotiv. Azerrail was looking for the victory for not losing the first position of the ranking (even Rabita played a match less),and Lokomotiv was hungry for the victory in the local arena,since they lost all of three matches played.

Match started with 4 points advantage of Lokomotiv with Yelena Parkhomenko`s blocks and Kristin Richard`s attacks. But soon Azerrail equaled the score having smart performance with Polina Rahimova`s strongest attacks and Jennifer Tamas`s killing blocks. 28-26
Young Azeri player Polina Rahimova was shining all match long with incredible attacks and serves putting Nicole Davis and Kremena Kamenova in a very hard situation in reception. Lokomotiv did everything to claim the first victory but Azerrail Baku was stronger in every component of the game and won the following two sets 25-13, 27-25
The best players of the match: Polina Rahimova on Azerrail`s side and Kristin Richards from Lokomotiv.

VC Shirvan Guba - Igtisadchi Baku 1-3 (14-25, 26-24, 22-25, 15-25)
VC Baku - Rabita Baku 0-3 (20-25, 19-25, 17-25)
Lokomotiv Baku - Azerrail Baku 0-3 (26-28, 13-25, 25-27)

Ranking

Azerrail Baku 7 (3-1) (10-3)
Igtisadchi Baku 7 (3-1) (9-5)
Rabita Baku 6 (3-0) (9-1)
VC Baku 5 (1-3) (4-9)
VC Shirvan Guba 5 (1-3) (4-11)
Lokomotiv Baku 3 (0-3) (2-9)

Super Natalya Mammadova (Bielsko Biala-Rabita Baku)