Challenge by Champions
Test by the champions - this is how you can call the upcoming match with Dynamo. Muscovites are more than confident in the tournament bracket, having lost only one match in the already distant fourth round to St. Petersburg "Zenith".
Dynamo is a team without weaknesses (Almost), Moreover, it is difficult to single out any one of their particularly strong points.. Everyone talks about the most powerful serve, Isn't it the same level of attack?? unknown, Yaroslav Podlesnykh, Ilya Vlasov, Anton Semyshev, Vadim Lihosherstov... And defense in the face of Lauri Kerminena? Generally, describe the strengths of Dynamo and simply, and difficult: there are a lot of them and it can be a tedious task).
Finding flaws in their game is also not easy for the opposite reason - try, see. Well… Anton Semyshev can be unstable, and due to the absence of Denis Bogdan, there is still no adequate rotation in the replay. Pavel Pankov tries to play at maximum speed and sometimes the attackers do not have time to get under the ball. Serve Risk – High Potential for Mistakes, sometimes there are many. However, all the shortcomings, usually, there is compensation. Plus psychological stability - even losing a lot, Dynamo bends its line and most often corrects the situation in its favor.
We need to be ready for constant pressure, to that, that the ball does not just fall into the opponent's court, to constant pipes and kicking serves. And Pankov from Podlesnye can also be coolly shortened. Gotta be ready for the overhanging block, to the highest mobility and teamwork of the opponent to automatism (Muscovites have been playing almost the same squad for the third year). Is there a chance for Gazprom-Ugra in all this??
Statistically there is almost no chance. But volleyball makes statistics, and not vice versa. It's a game, in which there is a place for everything. After the defeat in Novokuibyshevsk, our guys are eager to rehabilitate themselves in front of their fans, which means giving the champions a real fight. Come to "Prime-Arena", support your team, and she will answer with a beautiful game. And there - how the volleyball gods will judge.
