In Novosibirsk - to fight
There are few chances for Gazprom-Ugra to win in the match with Lokomotiv, but they have. There would be more, play at home. In Novosibirsk, you need to have a clear superiority, to convince the local aura of the validity of the claims. Lokomotiv likes to play at home, can play at home, can win here. Even with the infirmary full.
At the moment, the opponent is a little strange: leapfrog in the rematch with a shortage of injured Savin and Rodichev, leapfrog in the diagonal with an overabundance of players for a given position, reflecting on the injury Abaev and only in the center full openwork and the Russian team.
At the same time, one must understand, that even the dismantled replay of Lokomotiv is the most experienced veteran Yuri Berezhko and Omar Kurbanov, who is getting in shape, and diagonally Ilya Kazachenkov is worth every euro from the contract of Drazen Luburic. If something goes wrong at the edges of the grid, there is a phenomenal and almost win-win option in the center, where Ilyas Kurkaev and Dmitry Lyzik are always ready, as pioneers in the USSR, launch a ball from space. Separate sets and whole matches Lokomotiv won in this way, unloading transfer wagons to the third zone.
we, of course, let's try to cling to the center of the grid, and for the end, and in general for the game. It needs two "simple" things: accept and, respectively, knock out an opponent. Receivers Nagaets-Katic-Makarenko may well cope with the first, and Alekseev's guns, Ozhiganova, Kurbatova, Piuna, Kirillov and Krasikov - with the second.
Remains aggression on the grid, with which there are objective problems: sometimes there is not enough attacking player a la Ilya Kovalev last season. Makarenko and Katic have their undeniable advantages, but solutions from the fourth zone from a position of strength are missing. Well, in a couple of Piun, another furious option will not be picked up in any way: Ionov's not bad on the block, his glider began to cause a lot of trouble to rivals, but in attack Kirill is soft. Kurbatov is potentially capable of much, but have not yet found myself fully.
Anyway, Gazprom-Yugra is still in the process of formation and development, these are the realities. Stability over several seasons can be afforded by giants like the same Lokomotiv, we save at best the reference points. The rest of the team "skeleton" is in the process of permanent restructuring, attachments, not having time to sometimes acquire muscle mass. However, this is a separate topic for discussion, although directly related to the upcoming game in Novosibirsk.
The basic idea: as always, we will fight! Under no circumstances does Gazprom-Ugra give up. Check it out on Sunday, start of the match at 17 hours Surgut time.
