Confident victory for confidence in the game
"Gazprom-Ugra": Ozhiganov - Shakhbanmirzaev, Makarenko - Krasikov, Piun - Kurbatov, Kabeshov/Nagaec
"Builder": Tomashevsky - Chernysh, Korotaev - Trotsky, Fedorov - Pasovets, Ratutsky
Minsk residents arrived in Surgut with ten of them and without the main slaughterer, diagonal Nikita Kuleshov, and his place was taken by the player Vladislav Chernysh. Nevertheless, the debut of the match was tied, the guests even took the lead, 5:6 and kept eating until the mark 8:8. After that, Makarenko issued an ace and the hosts began to slowly get out from under the starting lethargy. On Krasikov's powerful serves 14:11 turned into 16:11 and it seemed, that a comfortable end to the set is just around the corner. But two attacks by Piun and Krasikov out of bounds brought Stroitel back into the game. (21:19), and then Makarenko swam in the reception on the Pasovets glider, allowing guests to get closer, 23:22. Krasikov stood up for a colleague, first, on experience, accurately put a difficult ball in the first zone, and then ace finally cut off the hopes of the guests.
In the second set, the hosts rushed forward on Rajab's aggressive serve, reliably covering the Korotaev block in the fourth zone, 7:1. Ivan still returned the ball to his team, but the chase did not take place. Quicker, "Gazprom-Yugra" gave points to "Stroitel" - Shakhbanmirzaev, who had been reliable before, missed the site twice, 10:6. Diagonal Surgut immediately confidently corrected himself from the fourth zone and again the countdown went in favor of the hosts. This time Kurbatov, before that, a couple of times he applied power to a deep out, switched to the simplest serve in Korotaeva - and it worked. Ivan failed debugging, and the partners did not support on the grid in difficult situations, 14:7. Passing instead of Tomashevsky came Marshavin, Lopato came on the back line instead of Korotaev, but the deed is already done. Kabeshov drags the ball in defense, he falls on the opponent's side, 21:11. With the score 23:14 Alexander Evseev from the youth team appeared on the pitch at Gazprom-Ugra, which recently secured a place in the finals of six international leagues - the debut of the player 2007 year of birth in Superleague! A point in the net, and again ace, puts Rajab.
In the third installment, the hint of a struggle was extinguished by Rajab and Krasikov's innings. The first one issued another ace (5:2), the second provided Piun with an easy prey in the form of a passing ball, 7:3. Then the "Builder" fell in the attack: Korotaev pipe hits out, Chernysh sends the ball there, attacking on a clean grid, to top it off, Fedorov couldn't beat the block, 12:5. Minskers regain two breaks: Ratutsky dragging Rajab's attack, Chernysh scores through video review, and Kurbatov brushes the ball into the net, 13:9. But Krasikov is filming again at the right time, and Kurbatov again torments Korotaev with a pioneer pitch - 16:9. Gap, which the current "Builder" cannot cut: at level 22:15 Yevseev comes to the back line instead of Makarenko, and Kurbatova on the pitch changes Bessogonov. First match ball, and again ace, implements Rajab.
With all due respect, "Builder" in its current state is not the right team, where you can test your true potential. The Surgutians had enough experience and class for a confident victory, but there is still a certain distance to a confident game. hope, that the team will pass it in the shortest possible time - decisive matches are ahead.
Match comments:
Head coach of VK "Stroitel" (Minsk) Oleg Mikanovich: Even in this composition, we did not show our potential to the end., didn't show that game, Let at your level. For the players themselves and for us, this is a big minus., the game could have been better organized. We don't have three people, with them there would definitely be a rotation. There are no two diagonal, plus two wingers with temperature. In the reception by numbers, we played the same, but lost their attack, all high balls. Plus lost their break balls, who could take from their filing. Here we literally took only a percentage, everything else was given to the opponent. It's so hard to beat someone.
Alexander Gorbatkov, senior coach of VC "Gazprom-Yugra".: Such matches, when you seem to be playing with an outsider, don't always go well. A team of any rank plays like this, how much she needs, to win. All those possibilities do not appear, which could be shown, which we prepared. We play with a margin, win - good. Would like to see more, but we are glad to win, any victory brings psychological balance and support. So far, we are satisfied. Chernysh cemented the opponent's game, good guy. We excluded him from the game and this, basically, was enough. Kept serving, adjusted to the attackers and everything was already going by itself.
3 : 0 
Builder (Minsk)Details
| Date | Time | Championship |
|---|---|---|
| 04.02.2023 | 19:00 | CR 2022-2023 |
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | GENERAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Builder (Minsk) | 22 | 15 | 16 | 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 |
Builder (Minsk)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | S | K | E | FACING | B | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
