Another five sets
In the debut of the match, Surgut residents let the rival go 1:4, immediately overtook (5:5) and an equal game ensued, which Gazprom-Yugra pulled over to its side with a block to Viecki and Titich (17:14). In the end, ASK got close to the efforts of Titic (20:19), but Melnikov did not submit, and Kirillov, who came on as a substitute, made it difficult for the Volzhans to receive - Viyetsky and Valeev did not cope with heavy balls, 24:20. Kirillov filed out, and in the next rally Viecki hit another emergency ball into the cable, 25:21.
In the second batch, Dovgan went to serve at the mark 2:1 and got to 9:1. Surgutyans systematically earned a block, plus Artem himself issued an ace. Nizhny Novgorod residents did not recover from this blow right away, when counting 12:3 Yuri Filippov conducted a key, as it turned out later, double substitution - instead of Petrovs and Viyetsky, Khaibulov and Fettsov appeared on the court. It was Fettsov who made the score quite acceptable with two aces in the end, 21:16, but the owners had enough stock, to bring the set to victory, 25:18.
In the third game, Valeev already gave a powerful series in the opening, leaving with 5:4 on 5:8. And in the future, Nizhny Novgorod continued to bomb the Surgut residents with a powerful feed, gradually shaking off the reception and breaking the game in the attack. The Gazprom-Ugra block did not work either, so the result is 15:25 quite natural. In the fourth set, the hosts made a request for another comeback - 13:6, time after time out of work leaving Fettsov and squeezing out the game. The guests immediately found counterarguments in an inconvenient arrangement for any team with the exit of the priest from the first zone - Fialkovsky withdrew from the block at the mark 14:10. A whole series of crazy dynamic pranks began, in which ASK was a little more lucky, and then Fettsov draws up an ace, 16:16. And again, the decisive advantage of ASK extracts on Valeev's feeds - with 18:18 on 18:21. Endgame also for guests, Dovganu block and Titich's work in the fourth zone complete the case, 20:25.
In the fifth game, the Volzhans get the first break in the very first rally, the second - for a change of sides, when Fialkovsky breaks a kick out-of-bounds on one block, 5:7. Then - ace Fetzov, 8:11. Two accurate attacks by Titich and ace Nikonenko make a full-fledged comeback of ASK, 10:15. Nizhny Novgorod residents found a worthy replacement for Petrovs and Viyetsky, who didn’t play, plus a crazy pitch, with which, eventually, residents of Surgut did not fully cope.
Head coach of VK “ASK” (Nizhny Novgorod) Yuri Filippov: I think, that in Surgut there was a volleyball holiday - ten games were played in two days. The result suits us. Today, at the beginning of the match, we lacked emotion. Then somewhere they got a heavy ball, scored a match, through this, emotions appeared and in the third game we managed to turn the game around. Guys, who came to replace, brought freshness, they did everything, Well done. The fifth game was won, because we have players somewhere more experienced. This is a lottery, we are more lucky today. Have made fewer mistakes, hence the result.
Wing Spiker VK “ASK” (Nizhny Novgorod) Andrey Titich: It's always hard in Surgut. Today the first two games were outnumbered by the opponent. At some point it seemed, that they did not play yesterday - today they came out fresher. It seems to be the same to get tired. But then somewhere they got hooked, somewhere we groped our game, shouted somewhere, not without it, and turned the tide of the fight. Substituted players did their job, Well done.
Senior coach of VC "Gazprom-Ugra" (Surgut) Anton Malyshev: The guys got rid of emotionally and in the third game they fell into a hole. Then failed to rise and claim their victory. Again - loss of concentration, played against an experienced team. I should have played cleaner. Failed, mainly, to accept, hence the final defeat. The result of the series is not very expected for us, but we will not stop fighting and will fight to the last.
2 : 3 
ASK (Nizhny Novgorod)Details
| Date | Time | Championship |
|---|---|---|
| 24.01.2021 | 18:00 | CR 2020-2021 |
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | GENERAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut) | 25 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 2 |
| ASK (Nizhny Novgorod) | 21 | 18 | 25 | 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 |
