Two Siberian characters
In the first match of the second preliminary stage of the Russian Cup of the match day, Shakhtar and Samotlor met. Guardian, looking ahead, nothing supernatural was shown. Belarusians forced their opponents to make mistakes over and over again. Valery Pyaskovsky's team has so far, seem to be, formation stage, The Ugra team created a minimum of difficult moments for the opponent. There were several of them in the second and third sets, where Samotlor volleyball players tried to catch on, but didn't succeed. Shakhtar won without shouting or nerves, Setter Alexey Kurash showed a varied game. Time after time he tore the block apart, leaving the attackers against one defender, and sometimes even on a clean grid - 25:16, 25:21, 25:19.
In the second match, Gazprom-Yugra hosted Kuzbass. The visitors started the game better, but already along the way Pakshin went to the bench, showing a rather low percentage of attack implementation. Krechetov was replaced by Slavi Kostadinov. Surgutyans, those who failed at the beginning got used to it. Alekseev entered the rhythm of the game, succeeded Rajab, who played the last match on the court. An equal game ensued - 24:24. Maxim Kirillov, served, put the ball out-of-bounds. Guests starred. Ozhiganov, stretched out, pulled out the outgoing ball and put it in Korotaev’s hands. Then the interaction was repeated. Another point - the Surgut setter took a risk on serve, and it seemed, that the ball struck the line, but alas. Chereisky also did not skimp on power supply.. And he converted his set point, adding ace to personal statistics - 26:28.
The second game began according to the scenario of the first - 7:10 at the start. We managed to catch up in one formation thanks to Tarasenko’s block and two aces – 11:10. Katic earns a passing ball with a serve., Korotaev finishes off - 16:13. In the end, the residents of Surgut were the leaders, but the guests took off, We couldn’t cope with Fialkovsky’s two serves either., and the Kemerovo people’s pipe forced Rafael Khabibullin to take a break to talk with the team - 22:23. It helped. When Markin was blocked on the block, there was one step left to win the set. But Alexander himself evened the score and the swing began. Korotaev finds the blockers' fingers, Alekseev hits out. Korotaev scores a set point, our diagonal risky strike falls under an organized block. The guests decided the ending. Dmitry Yakovlev, received, by the way, mid-set damage, scored from a pass from Nikita Alekseev. And the ex-blocker of Gazprom-Yugry again became an evil genius, and now the central “Kuzbass” Denis Chereysky. One on one he blocked Kirill Ionov on the block. 29:31.
In the third set - everything is the same again. Leadership of Kuzbass at first, equal fight and nervous ending. With the score 24:23 Roman Pakshin is filming. Alekseev answers, but the Ugra team gives away the next set point without a fight - Ozhiganov makes a mistake on serve. This time Chereysky did not become an evil genius for the people of Surgut, giving them a third chance to finish the set. Which is what Shevlyakov uses - 27:25.
Alas, but set number four became the black sheep in this game. And absolutely did not fit into the convoy of the match. Kuzbass took the lead as usual, and the residents of Surgut did not find the strength to chase: 5:9, 7:14, 14:23. Just tried it on the checkbox. And they forced, need to say, make guests nervous. Ildus Urmantsev came out to serve. (a little earlier, Vyacheslav Rudnev and Maxim Kirillov appeared on the site). His powerful shots turned out to be difficult for Kemerovo residents. A couple of aces, successful actions in the region, forced Alexey Babeshin to take a time out. But after him, the same Denis Chereysky was the first to finish the game at the same pace - 19:25 and 1:3 in Game.
Inal Tavasiev, VC Kuzbass player: “It’s always not easy to play in Surgut. We waited, prepared, understood. Surgut residents were surprised by, that the presentation was better served, than in Kemerovo. The first two games pushed us aside at the reception, we failed. And when they move away from the grid, this is a completely different job. Then we overcame, reception has been established. In the third game we made several unnecessary mistakes ourselves.. We corrected ourselves in the fourth set, the coaches suggested, what should be done, completed the installation and everything worked. The task was completed, we move on from first place".
Alexey Obmochaev, player of VC "Gazprom-Yugra": “With the exception of the fourth failed game, we lacked concentration in the first two at the end. Execution of all elements, tasks, which were set by the coaches. We didn't do some things. There were mistakes everywhere, absolutely in every element. We will continue to fight. I think, it is necessary to disassemble the first two batches, where did we miss these two points?, who lost in the endings".
3: 1 
Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut)Details
| Date | Time | Championship |
|---|---|---|
| 23.09.2023 | 19:00 | KR 2023 |
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | GENERAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuzbass (Kemerovo) | 28 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut) | 26 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 1 |
Kuzbass (Kemerovo)
| 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 |
