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Gazprom-Yugra: Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Piun – Kurbatov/Ionov, Makarenko - Katich, Nagaec

Dynamo Moscow: Pankov – Sokolov/Shkulyavichus, Vlasov - Belogortsev, Podlesnykh - Semyshev, Rams

Two hits under the block of Nikita Alekseev and three errors on the pitch of Surgut predetermined the gap in the debut of the match 4:8. But Makarenko scores in line, Ozhiganov draws up an ace, and Alekseev wins back from the block after the raised Sokolov discount, 7:8. The game enters the fight for strategic initiative phase, which closer to the end is intercepted by the owners. It would seem that, replacement on the pitch of Kurbatov for Ionov looks illogical, but the gliders of the latter confuse Semyshev and Baranov, and the score rises to 21:18 in favor of Surgutyans. 23:20 in the end, they give Gazprom-Ugra quite comfortable conditions to complete the set in their favor, but Konstantin Bryansky has his own joker on the pitch. Ace Sventickis first closes the distance, and after a knocked-out reception by Katic, Sokolov equalizes the score, 23:23. Once again, Katic fails in the reception and Alekseev throws the emergency ball into touch, 23:24. Sokolov s Podlesnye confidently keep eating on the balance sheet, and Anton Semyshev puts an end to the ace.

At the beginning of the second game, Podlesnykh manages to benefit - he scores and gives out a series of effective innings, himself implementing one of the additional games with the pipe, 3:7. Surgut again do not let the opponent go far: Makarenko knocks out Semyshev, 8:9, and then Sokolov attacks out of bounds, 9:9. An equal fight is again tied up and again the hosts are trying to get ahead before the end: Alekseev scores on the edge of the block, Semyshev makes mistakes twice in attack, and Makarenko from an uncomfortable position shot at Pankov's finger, which was confirmed by the video review, 18:16. But this time Dynamo won't let go - Semeshyev corrects himself on the net, and Ionov, who came out instead of Kurbatov, and Alekseev insultingly do not score a passing ball, interfering with each other, 19:19. But the exit to serve Sventickis again works with the same difference, that this time he did not create any special problems in the reception, and the Surgutians, due to the nervous game on the grid, themselves failed with 21:21 on 21:24. Last chance with a great serve on the mark 22:24 tried to use Alekseev, but he himself did not realize free ball, and the "answer" from Podlesny was impeccable.

In the third installment, Nikita Nagaets continued to create incredible in the reception and defense, in the style of Qatar-2022 Makarenko played along with him, saving the ball, Alekseev thanked the partners on the grid, 2:1. The hosts did not give up at all and continued to fight on equal terms with the champion. Katich of ++ receives the most powerful serve of Pankov, Ozhiganov suddenly throws off, 6:6. Toward the middle of the set, Dynamo replaced Sokolov with Shkulyavichus, and Piun slowed down at Gazprom-Ugra: got into the net and hit out. Cyril corrects himself, catching Pankov's attempt to score from the second touch, 11:11. Again on the court an equal game with an abundance of protracted draws, fans enjoy this kind of volleyball. But all the most important begins after the count of "20", and then Nikita Alekseev said a weighty word. at level 20:20 he scores an emergency ball, delivers excellent performance, he finishes the game himself, and then, after a timeout, Dynamo draws an ace - 23:20. Dynamo is making titanic efforts to save, covers the diagonal Surgut with a block, but on the second set-ball of the Surgutians, Ilya Vlasov delivers to the net.

Fourth set and again equality on the court. Ionov is good on the block and safety net, the Dynamo block also works, and Pankov is lucky on the pitch with a rebound from the cable, 6:8. Block Piuna and Makarenko Sokolov are restoring the status quo, 11:11, but the diagonal Muscovites are immediately corrected. Break ball earns "Dynamo", picking up Piun's attack, 15:18. Katic scores on one block, but can't handle Sokolov's powerful serve, 16:20. After a timeout for the hosts, Sokolov skillfully twists the serve diagonally into an empty zone, another ace and a five-point lead, 16:21. Instead of Ozhiganov, young Kirillov enters the court, he was passed on a net ball by a more experienced Semyshev, 18:23. Surgutians have final confusion on the grid, which allows Pankov through Belogortsev to quickly fix the victory.

Surgutyans, as promised, gave battle to Dynamo. Yes, key draws in the endings were missed, but in general the game was on an equal footing and the match could well have ended in a tie-break. It makes no sense to disassemble the players individually, today on the court there was a team with character, which left a good aftertaste, despite defeat.

Post-match comments:

VC Dynamo head coach Konstantin Bryansky: We made quite a lot of marriage today in attack, in the second set straight to the row lost several goals, though the set was won. And in the third set there was a benefit performance by Nikita Alekseev, he did a good job. In the fourth game everything was fine. Surgut is beating, the team has interesting working schemes. Makarenko, despite their height, today I put a couple of blocks. Before the fourth set, the team didn’t have to start somehow separately, everyone understood perfectly, that we are not at that level, which should be in this particular game. Therefore, they tried to immediately pull the game.

Captain of VK "Dynamo" Pavel Pankov: Surgut is a good team, especially at home they play well. But we also had a terrible game, we'll figure out, draw conclusions. It all starts with admission, it depends on the implementation of attacks. Today there was no reception. Ches decided a lot, he has an unusual, strong serve.

Alexander Gorbatkov, senior coach of VC "Gazprom-Yugra".: Any strong opponent always plays to win so, as far as he is allowed. Dynamo is a very strong team, they, if they get together, can play with any opponent on the same level. To date, they have played so, how much they had to win - a couple of points of advantage were enough for them. Another thing is our game. We once again failed to take two endings, here we still have a psychological factor, we are approaching the decisive balls and cannot take them. This happened in Novokuibyshevsk and the same thing happens here. Yes, the game is good, strong opponent, can say, that all this is a plus for us, but we still have this disadvantage, which does not allow us to take endings.

Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut) 1 : 3 Dynamo (Moscow)

match stats

Details

Date	Time	Championship
07.12.2022	19:00	CR 2022-2023

Results

Team	1	2	3	4	GENERAL.
Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut)	25	22	25	18	1
Dynamo (Moscow)	27	25	23	25	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

Dynamo (Moscow)

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