It's a draw, but that doesn't happen in volleyball

Starting Lineups

"Gazprom-Ugra": Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Makarenko - Botin, Piun - Ionov, Kabeshov/Nagaec.

"Kuzbass": Rukavishnikov - Klets, Markin - Pakshin, Shcherbakov - Lobyzenko, Turdumamatov.

"Kuzbass" in the most dramatic match beat "Gazprom-Ugra" with a minimal advantage. And the match started with a vigorous jerk of the hosts - 8:3. Nikita Alekseev scored five points on the move, and two out of three points were given to the guests by the Surgut team with errors on the pitch. Further in this element, Kemerovo residents were more often mistaken, but on the powerful serves of Kirill Klets they just made a comeback in the middle of the game, closing the distance from 14:10 to 14:13. So, nose to nose, teams and went to the finish line, and the first set-ball of Gazprom-Ugra was played by Roman Pakshin - ace, 24:24. After that, the hosts had a whole bunch of options to finish the game, including two "iron" replays, but the guests fought back in defense. at level 31:30 this course of events bothered Vadim Ozhiganov, who put an end - of course, eysom.

In the second set, the Surgut team already managed to win back the starting handicap of the guests: from 1:4 got the opponent on the mark 9:9, having built a block for Alexander Markin. Attacks Pakshin and Klets out of bounds marked the advantage of the hosts, 12:10, and the places of the "guilty" on the site were taken by Alexander Dyachkov and Andrey Bobrov. Both successfully entered the game and the account again froze on the balance. at level 17:17 the hosts earned a challenge ball, but Ionov took him out, and then a couple of Ozhiganov's errors led to the exit of Maxim Kirillov and the numbers 19:21 on the board. Patiently mitigating block attacks, "Gazprom-Ugra" returned equality with the attack of Anton Botin, 21:21, but then Anton failed to cope with Shcherbakov's glider, 21:23. Botin gets better: accepts and scores, and Ozhiganov is churning out another ace, 23:23. An argument breaks out on the court: Kemerovo residents think, that the people of Surgut prevented Yegor Krechetov from picking up the ball that flew over the net. But these are the costs of the angle - it can be seen from the side, that there was no interference. Nevertheless, a surge of emotions ended with two yellow cards (Markin and Alekseev), and went to the benefit of the guests: Pakshin wins back from the block, and Botin in a similar situation can not cope.

In the third set - swing. Botin finally makes a mistake in taking Turdumatov (5:4), but he himself misses another glider - this time from Lobyzenko, 6:8. Letting go of the opponent 9:12 after Shcherbakov's attack, Surgutians came to their senses and rushed in pursuit - Piun and Alekseev are accurate, and Makarenko on the block closes the line to Dyachkov, 14:14. The countdown has begun: Markin covered by block, Klets throws the ball into touch, 19:15. Comfortable break at the end (22:17) almost played a cruel joke: Over and over again, Botin unsuccessfully received the glider from Shcherbakov and could not correct himself on the grid (22:21). The non-trivial move of Rafael Khabibullin helped - instead of the finisher, setter Kirillov came out and took the serve - Piun bounced back from the block. Two errors of the Kemerovo team in the attack sealed the victory of the Surgut team.

In the fourth game, the struggle did not work out: from 8:9 "Gazprom-Yugra" flew to 10:16 - limping reception, and after him and eat. Rafael Khabibullin began to prepare for the tie-break, releasing Kirillov, Tebenikhin and Krasikova. Slightly fried at the end: on powerful pitches of Alekseev, the hosts pulled themselves up to the mark 19:23, but Klets and Markin stopped the belated impulse.

The tie-break became a concentrated reflection of the whole match. Ionov launches a glider at Pakshin - he can't cope, 2:0. After that, pain in the right hand was reflected on the face of the diagonal Surgut., but he continued to play, although he received transmissions only in cases of emergency. maybe, it played a role - we all know Nikita's fighting qualities. Makarenko's two mistakes in attack - 4:6. After the change of sides, the Surgut residents found the remnants of their forces, not only to eat a three-point gap (5:8) by the block, After the third match in Novy Urengoy, it’s time to talk about the enchanted hall of the Zvezdny for the former Zvezda Yugra - we lost again: after Alekseev's excellent game in defense, Botin scored an emergency ball, 10:9. With the score 12:12 protracted draw decided in his favor Kirill Klets, Alekseev responded with an attack on the fingers. Markin brought Kuzbass the first match-ball, Klets came out to serve - and no one understood, did he hit the field or not, the ball flew so fast. View showed: hit.

Gazprom-Ugra fought and deserved to win no less than Kuzbass. block on Ropavka, somewhere our "sores" worked. But all the guys definitely deserved an applause for their desire, struggle and all the strength, left on site. Surgut lost in an absolutely equal game, having earned, Nevertheless, first point in the championship.

Post-match comments:

Head coach of VK Kuzbass (Kemerovo) Aleksey Marina Sheshenina: First, what came to mind, I will not say, since it's not my goal to get into the hit parade of statements. I'll say the following: Team building is a difficult process.. The team has been updated in Surgut, we also have a relatively new team. Plus, it is always very difficult to play in Surgut. Luck was on our side today. As for the emotions at the end of the second set: We all, volleyball players, easy-going people. Nikita Alekseev, which can look good in hand-to-hand combat, calmly approached, everything is fine. Everyone wanted to win, who is more groovy - he breaks down. I remember myself on the playground: I'm in a similar situation, probably, jumped over the net, trying to prove something. But today is the only, for which I can praise myself - I did not participate in this episode.

Player VK "Kuzbass" (Kemerovo) Alexander Markin: So far we are fighting hard: with an opponent, with myself. Start of the season, new team, many young players, so only through games, perseverance and work everything comes. It is always difficult to play in Surgut, hard, how much I have been playing here for twelve years - constantly fighting. In the fifth game, he wins, who is less wrong, who has more charge and strength, who will distribute it all correctly. If some player came out and sanded five aces, everything would have ended the other way. But today it is.

Senior coach of VC "Gazprom-Ugra" (Surgut) Alexander Gorbatkov: Someone is lucky, someone is not. 13:13 in the fifth installment... Let's just say - we were not lucky this time. Besides, there is a factor: you know how to play, can you win? So far we haven't succeeded. Let's learn to win. The initiative in the course of the meeting passed from one team to another, who made the least mistake, he won. We missed the attack, just hit the ball to the floor - that's all. This is our downside..

Player of VK "Gazprom-Yugra" (Surgut) Anton Botin: It's not about the last ball. In the second set they did not finish their balls, didn’t score many goals at all. Very disappointing, we will add, nothing else remains. In Game, in which literally a couple of balls are missing to win, any little thing could play. In terms of emotions, there were swings - the score jumped back and forth, caught up at some point, then released. We miss Kirill Kostylenko and Radzhab, they could add freshness to the game, we got a little tired towards the end. But Kuzbass also has injured, so here we are equal. There is progress compared to Belgorod, but so far only we can feel it inside the team.

Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut) 2: 3 Kuzbass (Kemerovo)

match stats

Details

Date	Time	Championship
09.10.2022	19:00	CR 2022-2023

Results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	GENERAL.
Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut)	32	23	25	20	13	2
Kuzbass (Kemerovo)	30	25	21	25	15	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

Kuzbass (Kemerovo)

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