Zenith class is higher, but Gazprom-Ugra fought

Zenit entered the court with Porebinkin and Kosmin in the, Gazprom-Ugra chose a combination of Rukavishnikov and Alekseev. Ace Kobzar indicated the superiority of the guests, 1:3, but the owners quickly leveled the situation, and after Porebinkin’s attack raised in defense and Alekseev’s counterattack, they took the lead, 6:5. "Zenith" again trying to break away: Pashitsky closes Dovgan, and Klyuka realizes the replay, 7:10.

The hosts are in pursuit - Alekseev decides the endgame of a protracted rally, block of Kovalev and Yakutin stops the diagonal St. Petersburg, 10:11. "Gazprom-Ugra" finally overtook the opponent at the mark 17:17 and never let go. After Alekseev Kluke's block, the Surgut team took the key break ball in the end, 21:19. Kovalev reached from the fourth zone and caught Urnaut, who was walking freely before that, with a pipe, 23:20. The outcome of the set was decided by two errors on the serve of Kobzar and Gossip, 25:22.

After losing a set, Thomas Sammelvuo threw in a reserve in the form of Ivan Yakovlev, and the Surgut players began to act uncertainly in the reception. Eating on uncomfortable balls against Zenit is below average pleasure, also Rukavishnikov, trying to speed up the game, began to underestimate the transmission under the tall block of the opponent ... In general, if account 11:13 didn't look hopeless yet, then everything fell apart, 12:17. Exit Lukyanenko, Nikishin and Shakhbanmirzaev did not change the situation, because the refinement of the owners remained the same, and Kluka reigned over the net in the replays, 18:25.

Despite losing the third game with a score 17:25, hosts paradoxically looked better, than in the previous set. More or less improved reception, a good pitch flew ... Another thing, that Grebennikov brought even the most difficult balls to Kobzar on the nose, and he tormented his former club with attacks by Pashitsky and Yakovlev. Lukyanenko, who reappeared on the site, answered the same if possible., but he didn't have many options.. "Zenith" took a set in the class.

In the fourth installment, the hosts tried to fight and still drag the game into a tie-break. All, what was possible - to stay on equal terms to the mark 8:9. Two mistakes of Kovalev, forced reception of Yakutin - into the hands of Pashitsky, 8:13. Petersburgers, remembering the first set, don't let yourself relax, solving the game through the fourth zone, where Kluka and Urnaut alternated fast attacks with insidious discounts. Grebennikov continued to destroy the idea of ​​​​knocking him out of the reception and, in general, the Zenith mechanism worked without failures. The hosts against this background could not boast of breaks, that is, and the chase was doomed, 19:25. A well-deserved victory for a stronger opponent. To beat Zenit, Surguts had to jump twice as high as their heads, and this is against the laws of physics..

Comments match

Head coach of VC Zenit (St. Petersburg) Tuomas Sammelvio: We talked before the game, that the first game will be difficult: they won't give us anything, it will not be easy to fall on the other side of the site - it was so. The attack didn't work properly., here is the result, deservedly in the first set Surgut won. The rest of the games we attacked at a fairly high level, block protection worked well, controlled the game. Vitya Poletaev couldn't play today. We especially wanted to control the attack of Alekseev and Kovalev, started working after the first set. We have a motor - it's eat, that was enough, to win.

Captain VC "Zenith" (St. Petersburg) Igor Kobzar: There were a lot of pupils of my parents in the hall today, without them I wouldn't be so popular (Igor was actively supported in the stands - ed.). My parents advertise me (laughs - ed.). I am glad, that the name Kobzar is well-known in Surgut. Surgut must be given credit, Well done, especially in the first set. I did not cope with emotions at the start, then calmed down and the game improved. Probably, this is just related to, what mom and dad said, that many pupils will come. I, not to hit the face, thought too much, then turned off and all is well. Satisfied with the result, but there is a lot of dirt in the game, do not always install. We are in this situation, that we can’t give teams weaker than us, should not lose confidence through this. Today in the first batch we were shaken.

Senior coach of VC "Gazprom-Ugra" (Surgut) Anton Malyshev: The first game was played very well., on emotions, let Zenit feel our hall, what can we play. In the future, they lost at the expense of their own marriage, couldn't last it, what was shown in the debut, for the whole game. Zenit varied attacking actions, we couldn't handle it. Also they added on the pitch, our reception quality has dropped, and it's hard to play high balls with them. I can note, that we played fairly evenly, just made a little more of their own mistakes. Played emotionally, with good rotation, all the guys tried to help, so overall I'm happy.

Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut) 1 : 3 Zenith (St. Petersburg)

match stats

Details

Date	Time	Championship
15.01.2022	19:00	CR 2021-2022

Results

Team	1	2	3	4	GENERAL.
Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut)	25	18	17	19	1
Zenith (St. Petersburg)	22	25	25	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

Zenith (St. Petersburg)

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