Round four: The Super League is gaining momentum
The volleyball space of the PARI Superleague is getting tighter, clearing the November window for the semi-final stage of the Russian Cup - for the rest of October, the teams will play three matches each. The fourth round of the Russian Championship opens this spurt and, I think, it will be hotter, than at the start of the tournament.
Ours is waiting for two sparring at the highest level at once. After the Kazan "Zenith" their St. Petersburg teammates will come to Moscow, here the evening will definitely not be languid. Dynamo is on an emotional upsurge after winning the Super Bowl, but will it be possible to maintain concentration and give out equally fiery volleyball in four days? Guests have roughly the same arguments, like the owners, except that the interactions at Dynamo have been debugged for years, while the Petrograders are still at the stage of developing collective instincts on the court. If the hosts keep their concentration in the endings, they will win 3:1, if the game drags on until the tie-break, ставлю на Питер.
In Novosibirsk, the sign does not quite reflect the level of confrontation, except that the match will be held on table hockey in the infirmary of the hosts. Abaev, LUBURI?, Rodichev, Kruglov, Kurbanov and Savin, who joined them, will watch the game from the podium, why the match automatically loses the status of the battle of the giants. Yes, Novosibirsk retains elite centers and good rotation players, but Zenit-Kazan will come fully equipped and with a great desire for rehabilitation after the defeat in the capital. Will Novosibirsk be able to win at least a set? Yes, but that's all.
Game in Ufa, where "Ural" will take "Ugra-Samotlor", interesting from the point of view of the swing, demonstrated by the Ufa team in the last two rounds. Having beaten Belogorye in a power manner, then they limply yielded to Kemerovo. Question: where was the real "Ural"? I think, what is on the agenda is the issue of grinding and stabilizing the game: new binder, new player, Roman Potaliuk, migrating from the finish line to the diagonal... Let's see, there was an accidental misfire in Kemerovo or there is a system failure. Yugra-Samotlor is almost an ideal sparring partner for this, capable of revealing all your flaws with a litmus test.
Matches in Krasnoyarsk, Orenburg, with all due respect to the owners, are unlikely to cause serious problems for guests from Kemerovo and Belgorod, respectively. From the curious - the return of Kirill Klets to Krasnoyarsk, now as a rival of "Yenisei". It is also unlikely that Fakel will experience stress on the home site with Minsk Stroitel. The main strength of the Belarusians is contained in the youth of the Moscow "Dynamo", and in this market, the supply of Yamal residents more than exceeds the victorious demand. Plus Grankin's experience, Sivozheleza and Andreeva, as I already said.
But Nova's first home game can surprise. Opponents are at different poles of the standings, but if you look at the game, then Dynamo-LO will, least, not so easy. by the way, a whole Volga diaspora gathered in Sosnovy Bor: Александр Климкин долгие годы играл за «Нову», and then coached the club, here relatively recently Denis Biryukov lit, Valentin Strilchuk spent three seasons, Fannur Kayumov advanced to Superleague with Novaya last season, and Denis Shenkel is generally a local native and pupil.
