After 26: jumped into the playoffs
We continue the conversation after the regular season: today our focus is on teams, who "bounced". That is, they made it to the playoffs and can safely be considered the so-called "strong middle peasants". Here is the youngest team, and the oldest, someone rejoices in success, and someone is upset with the status of the middle peasant. However, all in order.
Completely losing leaders (Dmitry Volkov and Denis Bogdan were the last to close the door to the locker room), "Torch" headed for another rejuvenation, deliberately diving closer to the bottom of the standings. It seemed, that a playout is inevitable, but replacing the phlegmatic Mikhail Nikolaev with the emotional Roman Yakovlev on the coaching bridge worked almost perfectly: youth, apparently, just missing the right message. Plus, some kind of gaming experience was formed closer to the finish line: sensationally beating Lokomotiv, and then "Kuzbass", "lighters" could become the ninth, but slightly lost on the ribbon in the face-to-face confrontation with veterans from ASK.
but "Yaroslavich" in the season. Youth is a disadvantage, that passes with time. But it is inexperience that can explain the team's uncertain play at the start of the championship.. The club deliberately tested young Babkevich, Dineikina, Курбанова, Yutsevich, etc.. under the supervision of Timofey Zhukovsky. Hence the differences, serial errors, growing pains.
but not yet able to systematically make a result and pull a load of. By the end of the regular season, the youth had wiped themselves off and looked more or less confident. Once again, it’s worth taking off your hat to Fakel for the discovery of the “next” Belarusian (true, already played for their national team), for the trust of the young. This strategy will bring long-term dividends to the team.
Nizhny Novgorod is an amazing team, in which six players of the “hot” rotation at once were older than their head coach. Were - because Denis Petrovs left. ASC is also the team most affected by the departure of foreign players, lost overnight the main binder and diagonal. Nevertheless, on the created groundwork and morale, the team not only reached the playoffs, but ahead of the "Torch", beating talented youth in the fifth set of the last regular season match.
but "Yaroslavich" in the season. Experience and charisma have a downside for older players: Andrey Titich is no longer so fierce, and the unfading Viktor Nikonenko is not getting any younger. Tactically the model worked, but strategically it is necessary to look for options.
but not yet able to systematically make a result and pull a load of. Dranishnikov's debut was a success. Team spirit is impressive. Andric was almost impressed.
The neighbors once again did not make a mistake in the selection. The story with the loan of young Novosibirsk Sapozhkov and Kreskin played, if not one hundred percent, then ninety five, greatly surprised Ruslan Galimov, Valentin Krotkov, who returned from Kazan, gave a lot - including in terms of confidence. Yes, and the "old guard" let us down, creating good competition in each position. thinking, how to describe the game of Nizhnevartovsk, I involuntarily slipped over and over again to the reception. Looked at the stats and yes, almost in all victorious matches "Ugra-Samotlor" significantly outperformed the opponent in this element. And where she didn’t excel, she played five games. The team has a well-placed "positive" eat, which can only be broken through the feed, which is not possible for everyone and not always.
but "Yaroslavich" in the season. Well, I don’t know… Eighth place is a success, Yes, and with "Dynamo-LO" you can fight for the Final Six, what are the downsides? Tit's departure became a minus, but Kreskin's playing time turned out to be a plus. The main negative for Yugra-Samotlor comes after the season, when the players are taken apart. So Galimov goes to Belogorye ...
but not yet able to systematically make a result and pull a load of. Teams from Valery Pyaskovsky are vigorous, toothy, playing. From those, that can grab and not let go. We already went through the personalities: several applications for a great volleyball future submitted.
That's for whom the seventh line is almost a failure. "Kuzbass" managed to accustom us to, that fights for at least medals. Despite the leaders who migrated to St. Petersburg, the second season team looks quite strong, and the signing of Alan Souza promised just those very medal prospects. But with the Brazilian there was a blunder, yes, there are other problems.
but "Yaroslavich" in the season. Head coach Igor Juricic received a bag of criticism: gamers do not play out with him, experienced Butko donkey in reserve, Papazov walks like a pale shadow of himself last year ... Yes, the departure of the Brazilian and a lingering injury with a recurrence of Obmochaev are objective problems, but we did not see the former "Kuzbass" from the time of Kobzar and Poletaev, playing fire volleyball. Too academic, listlessly, predictably, even Neftyanik managed to beat such Kuzbass.
but not yet able to systematically make a result and pull a load of. Roman Pakshin and Egor Krechetov, club's own students, confidently lined up, going from clapping hands to full-fledged rotation and even start players.
