The start of the championship as a continuation of the Cup

Well, comrades, waited? Superleague starts! Briefly vanguem the matches of the first round, without taking into account our meeting in Belgorod - this is a separate story for us, we will write about it separately.

In all meetings of the first round, teams meet, already played in September among themselves at the preliminary stage of the Cup of Russia. However, Cup results are not an indicator, since the compositions were often not optimal, and the tasks before the teams were different. In the championship everything will be in an adult way, that does not reverse a certain trend: in half of the matches the winners can be predicted in advance.

Mister Obvious

"Stroitel" is certainly pleased to receive the champion in the first home match, Moscow "Dynamo". Wangyu sold out in Minsk, the spectator there understands volleyball, and teams of this level have not come for a long time. But the hosts have no chance of winning. At the Cup of Russia, Stroitel was able to take one game in two matches against the second Dynamo team.

The same story in a pair of "Zenith" (St. Petersburg) - "Enisei". The teams played twice in the Russian Cup, "Yenisei" won one game against the weakened composition of St. Petersburg. Janutov, of course, great master, but Grebennikov is not a miss)). In other positions, the hosts are a cut above.

Neftyanik even won one cup match against Zenit-Kazan, and dry. But you have to understand, that the hosts did not even put up the second line-up, club youth played. Now the main forces will go into battle, against which Orenburg, weakened by injuries, is unlikely to have counterarguments.

Possible options

Lokomotiv vs Nova. The Volzhans also scored a Cup victory over Novosibirsk with a score 3:0, and she was more like a real success, than the victory of Neftyanik in Kazan. Plamen Konstantinov has hit parade of injuries, and Igor Shulepov has his hands untied. If he manages to liberate the players, then they can put up a fight. Nevertheless, experience, dominance in the center of the grid and its own court should play in favor of the hosts. but it is precisely at these points of tension that the exchange will take place 3:1 in favor of Loko.

"Dynamo-LO" and "Ural" - it will be interesting. In the Cup, the teams exchanged dry wins. Sosnovobortsy will be strengthened by the Serbs, an Iranian player will join the Ufa team. Traditionally, these teams play each other recklessly and for a long time., so let's bet on five sets.

Kuzbass and Fakel, probably, will give the greatest intrigue. Experience of Kemerovo residents, perhaps, would play a role against the youth of Novy Urengoy, but here the situation is balanced by the factor of Sergey Grankin. If Fakel manages to drag the fight to a tie-break, guests may have more strength. We buy popcorn, sorry only, that the match was rescheduled for Monday. Such an artificial "stretching" of the tour is a dubious pleasure for fans.

The match of our neighbors from Nizhnevartovsk with ASK is also from the realm of conjecture. At the Cup of Russia "Ugra-Samotlor" looked pale, losing twice to their counterparts. But Nizhnevartovsk will have a different mood in the championship, the only question is, How skillful are they?, will courage catch Litvinenko, Will Aksyutin, who is unaccustomed to this, bear the burden of leadership?. ASC has an experienced team, which, without doing miracles on the site, his, Nevertheless, will not miss. I think, 1:3 в пользу Нижнего Новгорода будет адекватным результатом.