losing, to be proud of

«Lokomotiv»: Abayev - Luburic, Kurkaev - Lyzik, Berezhko - Kurbanov, Martyniuk/Krivitchenko

"Gazprom-Ugra": Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Piun - Ionov, Makarenko - Katich, Nagaets/Dyachkov

Gazprom-Ugra almost ruined the 300th match at the helm of Lokomotiv for Plamen Konstantinov, having arranged a hot battle in Novosibirsk. At first, as they say, nothing foretold: in the first game, the hosts at the expense of Abaev's aces (2:0), Luburica (7:3), Berezhko (12:8) and Kurkaev (19:12), confident play at first pace (five successful attacks to mark 14:10) and intelligible actions at the edges of the grid led with a comfortable advantage and brought it to the mark 25:17.

In the second game with the score 4:5 Nikita Alekseev didn't score, received a reply from Luburic and, left extremely dissatisfied with what is happening, earned a yellow card. And when he didn’t really catch the ball and sent it into a deep out (6:8), Rafael Khabibullin released Rajaba Shahbanmirzayev. Diagonal was grabbed in the first attack (6:9), but it was Lokomotiv's biggest advantage in the set: Luburicha finally caught the block, scored Rajab, Ozhiganov helped in defense, Luburic in the endgame of a protracted rally threw the ball into touch - 10:10. And after the block to Yuri Berezhko, Gazprom-Ugra took the lead for the first time in the match 12:11.

Berezhko corrected himself, shortening the pitch to the one who played the whole match unimportantly in Makarenko's reception, in the fourth zone, Kurbanov set to work, 14:16. Our team returned through the serve of Dmitry Krasikov, who left the bench, 17:16. Protracted rallies with a mutual reliable game in defense, end difference: Abaev misses the site with a discount, and Makarenko from the back line finds the fingers of the blockers, 20:18.

After Konstantinov's timeout, the Surgut team had a great chance to run even further, but Nikita Nagaets on free-ball is mistaken in the transfer. Rajab restores the distance of two points on the third attempt, 21:19. Luburic is good in the end, equalizer, 22:22, but even better Milan Katic - he is removed by a blow from the block and writes an ace, 24:22! Kurbanov keeps the intrigue, and in the final episode, the mutual fuss after an excellent serve by Luburic ends with an insulting blow from Ilyas Kurkaev on a passing ball into touch, 25:23.

In the third set, Gazprom-Ugra is again looking for its chances, but with less success. Nakat Makarov returns with an attack by Luburic, and Ozhiganov's excellent serve and break chance run into Ionov's indistinct skid and punishment from Berezhko, 5:8. Once again, Makarenko is mistaken in the reception, 6:11... Attempts to knock Kurbanov out of the reception is an extra workout for him, because the feeds into it are rather toothless. Kirillov replaces Ozhiganov, and we continue to be unlucky: Lyzik has a clear technical defect after a bad pass, but before that, Piun touches the net, 7:12. This episode pissed off the guys: confidently scores Katic, Rajab shoots ace, and then once again knocks Martynyuk out of the reception, and Piun implements a break, 10:12.

In the next episode, we again have several out-of-game chances, but everything ends with Kurbanov's desperate blow "under the skin". After that, volleyball fortune resolutely took the side of the hosts - first, Luburic draws another ace, and then a series of phenomenal in terms of accuracy of pitches in all zones in a row is issued by Omar Kurbanov. Three aces, 12:21 and the deed is done.

Ace Berezhko in the opening of the fourth installment (1:4) does not bode well. Through the securely playing Rajab we return, 5:5, but we get another heavy bomb-ace from Luburic, 5:7. Discount Luburic in a protracted fall drags Nagaets, but Rajab throws off the site, 9:11... Carefully raises with his foot the attack of our diagonal, Makarenko is powerless in a repeated attack, 13:16... No block to Luburic (15:16) enlivens the landscape, "Gazprom-Ugra" is desperately fighting in defense, Katic wins back from the block, 18:18. Instead of Luburic, Konstantinov releases fresh Ilya Kazachenkov, who immediately gets down to business, realizing everything, what Abaev sends him. But the Surgut residents have a lifeguard mode including Katic, kicking back. On balance 23:23 Ozhiganov takes risks and hits the net, Lokomotiv has a match-ball. Igor Tisevich, who came out to serve him, also cannot cope with the excitement, 24:24. The case was decided by two mistakes of the railroad workers: first, Gazprom-Ugra pulled out Kazachenkov’s attack, and on the second attempt, Ilya hit out. And then Kurbanov sends the ball to the same pipe, 26:24.

In the fifth set, the intrigue remained until the mark 11:11 - luck could swing in any direction. a little thought, she resolutely stood up for Lokomotiv: Katic serves in the net. Kazachenkov's powerful serve gives him an out-of-game chance, Ilya wins back from the block. The block closes Nikita Alekseev, who left at the beginning of the game, which is immediately changed by Rajab. In the last attack, our diagonal went for a fast pass, received the ball on a higher trajectory, barely hooking him - out and 11:15.

Despite the technically rather messy game, surgut team showed character in a match with obviously stronger opponent, and at his house. Abaev and Luburic fully returned to Lokomotiv, and Kurbanov and Berezhko played quite well. We played in waves, constantly returning due to substitutions and mood, getting up after a serious blow, and even win. This in itself is worth it., so we will not analyze the individual actions of our players - today the team played. And played like this, what fans can be proud of.

locomotive (Novosibirsk) 3: 2 Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut)

match stats

Details

Date	Time	Championship
11.12.2022	17:00	CR 2022-2023

Results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	GENERAL.
locomotive (Novosibirsk)	25	23	25	24	15	3
Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut)	17	25	14	26	11	2

locomotive (Novosibirsk)

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

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