Game of interest
Yes, today our team played with one of the favorites of the final stage of the Youth Championship. The main – was to test the strength of the opponent and already tune in for the upcoming games in the final. Lokomotiv's team is completed, for the most part, Major league team players, accordingly, the game level of the guys is high, despite age.
so, the first set has begun. Already in the opening of the game, the railway workers took the lead - 8:4, thanks to powerful attacks and reliable operation of the block. Our – can't break through Loko's defense, Zvezda attacks out of bounds and on the score 14:18 Andrey Chirkov's timeout. After the coaching break, Pavel Vakhmyanin, on the supply of Siberians, attacks on the hands of a block of opponents, the attack of Novosibirsk is breaking on our block, and Oleksandr Slobodyanyuk earns another point in our asset with an ace. Further – the first pace of the Surgutians is working and the gap in the score is already only one point - 18:19. Zvezda Yugra equalizes the score - 22:22. Ace served by Pavel Stradomsky, and Pavel Tebenikhin, first attack, makes a gap in the score by two points, but in our favor. Our set-ball seems, we win, but it just seems… Lokomotiv equalizes - 24:24 and snatches victory in the first set - 25:27.
Second batch. Zvezda's game does not go well at the beginning of the set. Loko ahead - 10:13, and ours cannot score break points. In Surgut, the ball stubbornly flies out of bounds both on the serve and in the attack. Zvezda again has a block out on the attack of Lokomotiv, block Brazhnyuk-Yurinsky closes Slobodyanyuk's attack and our coach's timeout. Score – 15:19 and our, already at the end, can't catch up, leaving for victory, «Lokomotiv». Set score - 20:25, Siberians are ahead. By game score 2-0.
Third set. Zvezda makes attempts to level the game. And for a while it succeeds. Maxim Kirillov, today's birthday, serves ace, the score is equal - 10:10, but we have a supply – to the network, Loko attack on a passing ball, Yuriy Brazhnyuk serves two aces, score - 10:14. By the end of the set we come with a score 17:21, but Zvezda Yugra's serve again flies out of bounds. On the set-point, Lokomotiv-SShOR players block our attack and finish the game with a score – 18:25. Total score 3-0 in favor of the Siberians.
