RUSSIAN CUP IN SURGUT: FIRST DAY

"Gazprom-Ugra" – Lokomotiv-Izumrud 3:0

Let's start at the end: Gazprom-Yugra and Lokomotiv-Izumrud entered the Premier Arena as the third pair of the first game day of the first round of the preliminary part of the Russian Cup. maybe, the names of the Urals will say little to the fan, but Valery Alferov's team is, as always, fighting, interesting, uncompromising. And when there were others?

Surgutyan starting line-up: Хабибуллин, Pirainen, Schadylov, Emma Bunton, Pluzhnikov, Chereiskaya. We started for health - 6:1 after two aces of Pirainen. The rival rested on the numbers 11:5, translating them into 11:9 - there is no trace of the former comfort for the owners on the site. Then aces from Lokomotiv-Izumrud rained down, and the evening has completely ceased to be languid - 16:17. The opponent's tactics are simple, but working: there is refinement - the first pace. No - fourth zone. Pirainen pleases the eye, support Dovgan and Shchadilov, 20:20. Pluzhnikov comes out to serve from the bench and draws an ace - 23:20. Pirainen squeezes out a protracted rally, 24:21. Shot out-of-bounds from the fourth zone of the Urals - 25:21, not so easy victory.

Second set, equal fight. Artem Khabibullin maximally and quite successfully loads the first tempo, but numerous errors on the serve do not allow to come off the score. Until the ace rolls into the front line Shchadilov - 10:7. Passers exchanged effective discounts, ace Galimova in a forceful manner, 15:10. We get to the end with comfort, 20:15, but Shchadilov can't handle the serve, and Khabibullin drives Pirainen under the block twice and goes to watch the game from the side. Again, Lokomotiv-Izumrud has a “four” in the end: two blocks, shot out, success on the fourth try - so-so percentage of effectiveness, 23:19. Pirainen does not line up, and two decisive points after a time-out brings Galimov, 25:21.

In the third set, a remake of the first batch - 6:1, aces of Pluzhnikov and Pirainen. Once again, the opponent sneaks up to the middle of the set, 11:9 after sending Shchadilov out-of-bounds. Pirainen is good - he sightedly throws uncomfortable balls down the block, the Urals respond with marriage in the serve and in the attack, 16:12. Meanwhile, Yuri Melnichuk makes a double substitution - Khabibullin and Avdochenko come out, and also Kostylenko changes Shchadilov. Pluzhnikov, playing a full set, barely catches the ball - and it lands exactly in the corner of the court, 17:13. Avdochenko is good at serving and opens a personal account for Gazprom-Yugra himself, 19:13. Lokomotiv-Izumrud clings to the game with long rallies, but this time, it seems, too late. Pluzhnikov scores confidently - 21:15. Pirainen is good in attack and serve - 23:16. Match-ball brings Galims with a quick attack, and puts a dot in the match with a discount for the Kostylenko block, who played for Lokomotiv-Izumrud at the start of last season, 25:17. First win in the first official match of the season!

Senior coach of Gazprom-Ugra Yuri Melnichuk:

Fought more with their nervousness today, especially in the first game - we started well, and then some ridiculous mistakes poured in. Then the guys found their game and showed, that the Super League team should still be of a higher class. Although the game has something to add, there are flaws, which we will try to fix.

Captain of VC "Gazprom-Yugra" Alexey Pluzhnikov:

We tuned in to the opponent very seriously, there was no relaxation. Prepared for, that Lokomotiv-Izumrud will cling to every ball and the game won't just be given to us. And so it happened. There were some shortcomings in our game, we will work on them.

Captain of VC "Lokomotiv-Izumrud" Pavel Akaminov:

There was a certain excitement - we played against the Super League team, in your home. Shown not very good volleyball, we can do better. But Super League is always fun to play, see, what to strive for. We lacked the skill today, somewhere we were knocked out of the reception. At the same time, one cannot say, that the opponent was a cut above. Our goal in the Cup is to win as many matches as possible, look at your level against the background of the same Super League teams.

"Kuzbass" – "Magnitka-University" 3:0

In the first mast of the day, the champion of the country "Kuzbass" is expected, in training mode, beat the debutant of the major league "A" "Magnitka-University". Starting line-up of Kemerovo citizens: Krechetov, Glivenko, Shcherbakov, Pashitsky, The forest, Gray iron. In the first set, Kemerovo had no problems: starting dash 4:0 they stretched in 10:3, then we slowed down slightly, 13:9, and again accelerated on Shcherbakov's serves - 20:11. In the end, Glivenko was noted with two aces, and the final score is 25:16.

The second batch started in the same spirit: 8:2, 13:6, 17:10. Nothing foreshadowed the chase, but it happened. maybe, this was facilitated by the replacement: Pakshin came out instead of Podlesnykh, and Pashitsky was replaced by Demakov. Anyway, Glivenko attack in out, and Sivozheleza brought Magnitka closer to the block at arm's length - 19:17. Glivenko slips again, 20:19, and his counterpart Venidiktov, vice versa, caught courage. However, the residents of Kemerovo entered the ending quite comfortably - 23:20, but got two aces in a row from Ivliev, 23:23. After a forced time-out, the service flies out of bounds, and the decisive point is obtained by the Sivorozhez attack from the back line, 25:23.

In the third set, Pakshin made a couple of sideplayers from the Podlesny, Demakov stayed on the site. Having wrestled in the opening (6:6, 9:9) the teams parted again in the class on tight feeds from Podlesny, 14:10. The response in the form of two gliders flew into the area of ​​responsibility of Pakshin and Podlesnykh pretty soon - two "thrown out" balls in the reception and the score 15:14. Ace meets Glivenko, and then Pakshin takes revenge with a glider - 20:15. Magnitka again has a good ending with a diagonal Venidiktov, but in the fourth zone the champion block harvests regularly, which ultimately determined the decisive advantage, 25:18.

«New» – "Tyumen" 3:1

The second meeting of the day between Novaya and Tyumen turned out to be more persistent, the representative of the Super League beat the Major League "A" team with a score 3:1. Shulgin, Vasiliev, Titi?, Schenkel, Kozitsyn, Morov - starting lineup of Volzhan. Nova gained a slight lead at the start and managed to maintain it for most of the set. But closer to the end, Tyumen took advantage of Titich's two mistakes and even took the lead, 17:18. But the nervous endgame did not work out - Vasiliev came out to serve and laid down three aces in a row, and the second - by launching a "parachute" in the pioneer style, from support under the back line, 23:19. On his fourth serve, Titic scores a freeball, set result - 25:20.

In the second game, the Tyumen binder Tit and the diagonal Bannov had a problem with interaction, which allowed Nova to confidently approach the denouement - 23:17. But on the serve of Parkhomchuk Tyumen are gaining whists - ace, and then Titic again "covers up" twice, scoring only on the third try, 24:22. Vasiliev sends an emergency ball on a set-ball to the block, 24:23, but Kozitsyn copes with the task, 25:23 and 2:0.

In the third game, there was a benefit performance by Fialkovsky, the out-player of "Tyumen". He took it with confidence and played well in defense., scored from fours and two, as well as pipe, inspiring partners with his play. Ace in his performance became the cherry on the cake - 11:18 in favor of "Tyumen". Not surprising, that it was he who got the last two points in the set (17:25), and the coaching staff of "Nova" made a number of substitutions during the game, seating Vasiliev, Morova and Titic, and releasing Chefranov, respectively, Kayumov and Zakharova.

The fourth set “Nova” started with the same line-up, that finished the previous one. The players haven't done anything particularly outstanding, taking the party and the match mainly on the mistakes of the Tyumen people. Titmouse has started to play again, Bannov slipped, Fialkovsky disappeared from radar. Libero "Nova" by Moiseyev should be noted separately, who pulled out some tricky defensive balls. The picture in the party unfolds familiar: "Nova" went into the lead (20:14), but allowed the opponent to make a chase - with 24:18 on 24:22. Fortunately, the supply of points was enough, the point was put by the attack with the first pace, 25:22.