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"Gazprom-Ugra" (Surgut): Kirillov – Papazov, Kurbatov – Beskrovny, Rodychev is Masko, Vyshnevetsky.
"Dynamo-Ural" (Ufa): Ushkov – Shkulyavichus, Krsmanovic – Yakutin, Savin – Surmachevsky, Chanchikov.
The opponents played five tense endings, in which Gazprom-Yugra made a classic comeback with 0:2. In the first set, the teams took turns gaining small leads.: on Rodichev's serves 9:7, I planned Krsmanovica – 11:14, but entered the ending on balance, 22:22. Savin suffered during the reception, Kirillov drove the attackers into the block and gave way to Ivanov. But Artem didn’t correct the situation either., everything was decided by Rodichev's two mistakes in attack: block and out on not the most comfortable gears, 22:25.
In the second game, the Surgut team started with an ace from Rudnev, 2:0, took three breaks, fending off attacks by Yakutin and Savin, and Shkulyavichus himself kicked out, 8:5. Another mistake of the diagonal Ufa team in a protracted rally - 11:7. Skvortsov replaced Rodichev on the front line, took it and scored from a good height, 15:11. Problems began with Yakutin's tight serves: Papazov twice fails to beat a block plus an ace in Rodichev, 16:16.
Closer to the end, Surmachevsky, attacking from the back line with the second touch, takes an important step towards success, 20:22. In the next draw, Dynamo-Ural had a chance to go even further, but the Surgut team fought off the final game, and Papazov decided on the grid. Rudnev, released at the end of the day to serve, remained on the court as a middle blocker and covered Škulevicius, 23:23. at level 25:25 he gave an excellent serve, the guests barely scraped the ball off the court, but Ivanov could not restrain himself and attacked the passing ball... into touch, 25:26. Such mistakes are not forgiven: Surmachevsky finished off the hosts with an ace.
In the third set, the Ufa team went to put the squeeze on - 1:4 then Papazovu block, 3:7 - this is catching his own discount. Kirillov returns to the site, but the guests keep their distance due to Surmachevsky’s powerful serve, another ace and 7:12. Papazov finally got his serve and Surmachevsky on the withdrawn ball, the risk, hits the net, 12:15. Rodichev finds an option in a difficult situation, hitting the ball along the edge of the block into the antenna, Surgut residents are fighting, don't give up. The result comes after 14:18 – Masko is removed from Surmachevsky’s serve and Kirillov delivers a series of signature power serves, half-forgotten by fans, Papazov decides the final game, 18:18. Ace Kirillova - and Gazprom-Yugra is ahead, 19:18. Rodichev lets Ursov get back from his hands on the block, who replaced Savin (21:22), but reaches third and closes Surmachevsky in a similar situation, 23:22.
Papazov is stalling again, allowing the opponent to earn the first match point, 24:25. Papazov also gives Ufa the second match point – with an attack into touch, 28:29. Kirillov calmly decides through Beskrovny, Shkulyavičius's block returns a set point to the hosts (31:30), and then Ushkov carelessly passes Ursov, he softly fights back from the block, and Surmachevsky, in his characteristic manner, takes risks from the second touch from the back line - into touch, 32:20.
In the opening of the fourth game, Kirillov gives an extravaganza: three aces in a row, 5:3. Krsmanovich's return shot on the front - 5:5. The people of Surgut have a good Vishnevetsky, and in defense, and in reading games: makes a difficult pass to Rodichev, 10:8. Masko plays well with a block, Papazov scores points, and among the guests, the burden of leadership from the tired Surmachevsky is taken up by Shkulyavichus, 12:12. After his ace the gap is reduced to a minimum, 16:15. Once again the rivals are drawn into an equal ending (18:18, 22:22, 23:23), where Rodichev earns a set point on the set, and Papazov realizes it after Ursov’s softened attack, 25:23.
Masko finally remembers the serve and scores an ace, 4:3, increases the lead of the block against Shkulevicius, 6:4. Boris Kolchin gives Romanas a rest, changing it to Savina, and sends him to watch the game from Ushkov’s side, releasing young Anoshko. Substitutions work: reverse double Kolchin does after changing sides with 9:9 on the board. Ushkov can't handle his serve right away, and Surmachevsky is looking for the blocking fingers, but finds out, 11:9. Kolchin time-out, Rudnev's entry to serve - ace, 12:9. Second timeout of Dynamo-Ural, sharing mistakes, and Papazov again fails in the “four”, 13:12. Rudakov's return time-out, Skvortsov’s entry into the fourth zone and Kirillov’s unflinching tackle through the center, Bloodless is accurate, 14:12. Ursov does not score in the decisive play, and the protracted fuss on the grid ends with Papazov’s effective discount, 15:12.
Senior coach of VC Dynamo-Ural Anton Malyshev:
Relaxed, complete underestimation of the opponent. I want to congratulate Surgut - they pulled out this victory in front of their home stands., very worthy game. Well, we'll figure out our game. Previous game, perhaps, played a cruel joke on us - we won against Zenit, may be, and therein lies... They gave in to their mistakes. The block was won by a huge margin, in delivery, accept, played the same attack, there are a lot of inaccuracies.
Captain of VC "Dynamo-Ural" Sergey Savin:
This is a failure for us. Congratulations to Surgut, they proved, that they are a strong team at home. We didn't do it, what they should have, We apologize to our fans. We will work and try to fix it. Surgut well done, pleased their fans. The quality of reception today from the guys from Surgut was better, than ours, well, interactions... I think, we need to work on this. Victory, which we got at home, gave us a little inspiration, but Surgut quickly broke these wings, and we returned to earth.
Senior trainer of VC Gazprom-Yugra Alexey Rudakov:
In the first two games everything was decided by our individual mistakes. Couldn't make the second pass in time, didn't score the passing goal... If we hadn't allowed them to, I think, that they could impose a fight and even win the first, and the second batch. The third game was a turning point, the guys felt confident and already showed courage with this courage, what can they play. I'm very pleased with them, proud, that again at a difficult moment they managed to turn the situation around, showing true Surgut character.
Final player of VC Gazprom-Yugra Artem Masko:
All games were played almost on balance, one or two points decided everything, we just made a lot of mistakes on our balls at first, where they didn't win the playoffs, somewhere passing... This hits morals, because of this they gave away the endings. We also lost the third game, but got together, got it. I think, due to our greater desire, because we had several unsuccessful games before, I wanted to rehabilitate myself. We were able to relax, loosen up, stopped making mistakes on simple balls, this also influenced psychology - because of this, can, and the feed cut through.
You can play with everyone, if you play compactly and stick to your schemes. We don't have super tall players, we play defensively, due to tactics, building a block, protection. This is the only way we can win, but to “jump over” someone – we don’t have such an opportunity yet. Well, due to desire, emotions.
3: 2 
Dynamo-Ural (Ufa)Details
| Date | Time | Championship |
|---|---|---|
| 01.10.2024 | 19:00 | CR 2024-2025 |
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | GENERAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazprom-Yugra (Surgut) | 22 | 25 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
| Dynamo-Ural (Ufa) | 25 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 2 |
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-Ural (Ufa)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | S | K | E | FACING | B | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
