Experience + Titic defeated youth
Gazprom-Yugra staged another thriller, losing on the "flag" to the Nizhny Novgorod ASK. The game started with two aces of Dovgan, Fialkovsky, and the opponent was just waking up - 11:5. Having adjusted the flow, Volzhans pulled up a little in the account, but Gazprom-Yugra acted as a clear mechanism and brought the matter to success, 25:18 after the attack by Shahbanmirzaeva.
The hosts also started the second set cheerfully, covering with a block Viecki and Valeev - 6:2. But ASK began to slowly win back break after break and overtook the opponent at the mark 10:10. Having established a reception, residents of Nizhny Novgorod provided Petrovs with excellent opportunities for creativity, and the Latvian time after time led his attackers to a single block. Surgutyans, in turn, swam a little in the reception, due to which the ASK got key chances in the follow-up. Clarity came after ace Wiecki, 18:23, and the set ended at mark 20:25 after Titic's discount.
Gazprom-Yugra again took the threads of the game into their own hands, leading the score throughout the third set. Having obtained the key superiority on the block, Surgut salted him with aces of Fialkovsky and waited for Titich to attack from the back line into touch, 25:18. In the fourth game, the game was already on a collision course. Starting impulse of ASK on Valeev's serves (from 3:3 on 3:7) the people of Surgut were able to pay off immediately and even came forward 9:7 - Titich and Fettsov, who replaced Viyetsky, did not cope with the work. Chereysky played out, 13:9. But at the wrong time, marriage fell in the attack on not the most successful Rukavishnikov's programs and again equality 15:15. Nizhny Novgorod increased the pressure on the serve and the Surgut players stalled on the assigned balls, and then again, the transmission quality of the Gazprom-Ugra binder did not show off – 17:21. The strength for a new pursuit was no longer and again the last word for Titic 20:25.
Having obtained the three most important breaks, residents of Surgut rolled into the end of the decisive game in comfortable conditions, 10:7 after Jesus Shahbanmirzaeva. at level 13:10 Titic took the floor again, and how. To begin with, he starred from the second zone, and then laid two aces - one in the sideline, second to the very corner of the site. And then, showing excellent play in defense, ASK caught up with Surgut, 13:15. The tradition of losing to Nizhny Novgorod in five sets continues for Gazprom-Yugra for the second season in a row.
Yuri Filippov, head coach of VK ASK: We knew it, which will be very hard, Surgut has been showing good speed volleyball recently. Tuned in for a tough victory, everything is so, see, and it turned out. I am glad, that you managed to win, she really needs. In the lost games, we did not cope a little with reception and heavy balls, today a good serve from the hosts flew. Somewhere in the fifth batch, they started to insure, so it was a little easier for us. The ending is Andrey Titich, human, which showed, that he can solve such situations through individual skill - two aces, one match ball, one more knocked-out trick - and that's it.
Victor Nikonenko, captain of VK ASK Nizhny Novgorod: It was hard. Surgut residents offered fast volleyball with good serve, so not surprising, that the match went like this. The ending of the game was decided by Andrey Titich, his experience and charisma. The first half of the season, Gazprom-Yugra lost a lot, but now the team has gathered and is showing good volleyball. Tomorrow won't be easy.
Anton Malyshev, head coach of the EC "Gazprom-Ugra" Surgut: It wasn't enough, experience, concentration, maturity, to bring the game to victory. I congratulate the opponents on the victory, they deserve, played a very good game and won in the end. The ending is a game of experience. We have less - we lost.
2 : 3 
ASK (Nizhny Novgorod)Details
| Date | Time | Championship |
|---|---|---|
| 23.01.2021 | 18:00 | CR 2020-2021 |
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | GENERAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut) | 25 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 2 |
| ASK (Nizhny Novgorod) | 18 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | S | K | E | FACING | B | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ASK (Nizhny Novgorod)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | S | K | E | FACING | B | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
