Volleyball player Spiridonov about his victory at the Qatar Championship: “I missed this gold medal in my collection”

Russian volleyball player Alexey Spiridonov who became Qatar champion with Al-Arabi, told that this gold medal was missing from his collection.

In the last match of the season, Al-Arabi lost to Al-Rayan (2-3) at home. Both clubs achieved 17 victories, but Al-Arabi was ahead of its opponent in the standings thanks to more points scored (51 against 49). Spiridonov has been playing for Al-Arabi since 2023; Since 2020, the Russian finisher has been playing for Al-Ahli.

— Your team won the Qatar championship. What emotions?

– Of course, I’m happy, I missed this medal in my collection. This is my fourth year in Qatar and before I didn’t play for such a famous club as I do now. I have already become a silver medalist and winner of the Qatar Cup. At Al-Arabi, we were given the highest objectives: to win, there was no room for error, we had to become champions.

— In the last match of the season with Al-Rayan, you won 17 victories in 17 matches. At the same time, the fate of the gold medals was decided during this meeting.

– Yes. If we had lost 0-3 or 1-3, our opponent would have become champion. Al-Rayan is our direct competitor, they have only had one defeat in the league. The match was tense, we won the first and third sets and decided the fate of the gold medals, despite the first defeat of the season. Our team is more balanced, the players are of a higher class.

The entire championship was played with almost the same team, without substitutions. It’s interesting that other clubs really wanted to integrate into their teams the guys who were in our reserves,” Spiridonov told .

Al Arabi won their 26th title, with the Doha club last winning the Qatar title in 2016.