Intermediate second place in MVL!
In the Youth Volleyball League "Star of Yugra" played the first round of the Final Six for 1-6 places and quite unexpectedly ended up in second place according to its results! Suddenly, because I finished fifth in the regular season, and she started in the final with two defeats - from Novy Urengoi Fakel and Novosibirsk Lokomotiv-SSHOR.
It's not a shame to lose to these teams, although we won against the same Fakel in the regular season. But this time the Yamal residents acted as the hosts, accepting rivals in the new sports complex of the city of Labytnangi, and, of course, tried to show themselves in all their glory. Well, “Lokomotiv-SSHOR” passed the round without defeats and rightfully entrenched in the first place.
The main problems were solved by the residents of Surgut in the following games - with the Nizhnevartovsk "University" and the Kemerovo "Kuzbass". More stubborn was supposed to fight with neighbors, but then it just happened not too tense: 3:0, moreover, in none of the games did our guys give the Vartans a chance to score even twenty points. The relatively easy victory played a cruel joke with the young players after a day of rest - we gave the first two sets to Kuzbass 20:25 and 22:25. Axiom, that there are no weak opponents in the final, worked one hundred percent.
The strength of the team's character is manifested in just such situations., one step away from defeat. 25:15, 25:18 and 15:12 - "Star of Yugra" proved to the opponent, which is stronger, but to ourselves - that is able to collect will into a fist. Such victories add fatigue, but this is not about youth. But the emotional charge was received so powerful, that the next day the Surgutyans, following the "University", sensationally defeated the favorite of the tournament, Moscow Dynamo-Olympus, 3:1. We did it with confidence, leaving no shadow of doubt about their own superiority.
We will not single out someone personally after the past games: the Gazprom-Yugra system traditionally looks for strengths in a team-based close-knit game. Let's just say, that many "stars" made a good claim to continue their careers in adult volleyball. However, there is a second and last round in Moscow ahead, where the same Dynamo are unlikely to want to concede in front of their audience. And the difference between our second and fourth place in the "Torch" – just one victory, so the whole fight is yet to come. And it will be as hot as possible.
Russian championship 2021. men. Youth League. Final for 1-6 seats.
Line-up, last news, detailed calendar of VK games “Ugra star” and the Youth League you can read on the VK website “Ugra star”. Final for 1-6 places will be covered as on the VK website “Ugra star” so here. Rooting for the "Star"!