A worthy defeat

Despite a dry victory in Surgut, Dynamo faced serious resistance. In the first game, Pavel Pankov's ace marked the gap between Muscovites, 4:7, but almost immediately Pavel's mistake in the transfer and the stalled Shkulevichus equalized the chances, 8:8. Surgutyan bloc continued to mitigate the attacks of Vlasov and Podlesny, and the final game was decided by Nikishin and Shakhbanmirzaev, 12:9 and Konstantin Bryanskiy is forced to take time out.

The next draw was enchanting: again Chereisky does not let Vlasov in twice, the attempt of Shkulevichus is softened too, and only his repeated attack finds the finger touch on the block through the video replay, 12:10. Now the owners cannot withdraw in any way, which brings rivals back to balance (13:13), and after Pankov's second ace, Dynamo regains their comfortable advantage, 15:19. Two attacks in the Nikishin block - and we see on the site of Fialkovsky and 16:20 on the board. Nevertheless, residents of Surgut manage to create problems for Dynamo in the end: another mitigation of Vlasov's attack and Shakhbanmirzaev's blow to the joint of the block - 20:22. Kostylenko knocks out Semyshev's serve and the block works again, 22:23. There was a chance to level the score, but Chereyskiy falls under the block, and the point is put by Semyshev, 23:25.

In the second game, an equal fight went up to the mark 15:15, after which Pankov is lucky - his feed through the touch of the cable brings the binder the third ace in the match, and on the powerful serves of Semyshev, the hosts wavered in the reception and gave a chance to prove themselves to the block of guests, 16:22. Score 21:24 left almost no hope for the owners, but Yakutin, who came out instead of Chereisky, hammers in the ball without a block, Semyshev knocks on Rukavishnikov's hands, 23:24. The ability to repeat the score of the first batch does not use Vlasov, and the lingering swing begins. Taking Semyshev, residents of Surgut take the set-ball for themselves and at the 28:27 they even begin to celebrate the victory - the judges record the touch of the block when Kostylenko attacks out-of-bounds. But the video preview of the touch does not find, the game drags on until very valid 30:30. Fuss on the net ends with Pankov's discount, followed by a powerful supply of Underwood, acceptance on the side of the opponent and Vlasov still gets his way, 30:32.

In the third game, a series of powerful innings is given by Podlesny, 2:8. Residents of Surgut are beginning to methodically return to the game, what contributes to the marriage of guests in attack, 11:12 after a protracted rally and Shakhbanmirzaev's attack on the block. But Dynamo continue to press with serve: despite a large percentage of errors in this element, risk does its job - 17:20. Belogortsev, who came out instead of Vlasov, twice watches over Yakutin, 17:22, and the block already to Belogortsev himself does not change the situation much. Shkulyavichus, who confidently played the entire meeting, responds to Shakhbanmirzaev's attack, 19:24, and the entry point to the zone is set by Semyshev, 20:25.

Konstantin Bryansk, head coach of the VC "Dinamo" Moscow: Overall we controlled the game, the only thing, in the second game they allowed the opponent to get closer and went into a nervous ending. Good, coped with it - this is the most important thing. In the third set, by and large, already controlled everything and worked quite confidently. I would like to note the opponent - the team played very smoothly, served tightly, tried to put pressure on us, played very recklessly in defense - well done. It is also very pleasant to see spectators in the stands, who support their team. We just arrived from France, where they played in the empty stands - this is, of course, completely different story. Here is excitement, it was interesting here. So thanks to the viewers!

Pavel Pankov, Captain VC "Dinamo" Moscow: Surgut always plays well at home, nothing presses on them now, that's why they show great tenacious play. We played under pressure all the time today, "Gazprom-Yugra" well done.

Anton Malyshev, head coach of the EC "Gazprom-Ugra" Surgut: The key element today is the presentation. We lost serve-take, played a lot on high balls, and against the high block of "Dynamo" it was hard enough for us to attack. This is where our defeat lies, everything is natural here. In the second batch, probably, loss of concentration prevented. When Dynamo requested a video replay, the guys already believed in victory and were about to move - in the end, they could not tune in to the fight again and gave up their set, who got hooked so hard. Now matches have no tournament meaning for us, but the meaning is in the further development of the team.

Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut) 0: 3 Dynamo (Moscow)

match stats

Details

Date	Time	Championship
07.03.2021	18:00	CR 2020-2021

Results

Team	1	2	3	GENERAL.
Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut)	23	30	20	0
Dynamo (Moscow)	25	32	25	3

Venue

g. Surgut / SC "Premier Arena"

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

Dynamo (Moscow)

1	2	3	4	5	S	K	E	FACING	B	PTS
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0