Focus on yourself
20-The 1st round of the Super League will give us a home match between Gazprom-Ugra and Lokomotiv Novosibirsk. Igor Kobzar will come to us, Rajab Shahbanmirzaev, Vadim Ozhiganov and a whole scattering of other stars and asterisks, led by Plamen Konstantinov, also no stranger to Surgut. However, the establishment of neural connections between Loko and Surgut has no direct relation to the upcoming game.
Important for the game, that Lokomotiv still has the powerful duo of Ilyas Kurkaev and Dmitry Lyzik in the center of the net, who are insured by the no less impressive Yuri Brazhnyuk, that the absence of Yoandri Leal, who did not meet high expectations, in the final game will be covered by Marko Ivovic, Omar Kurbanov and Alexander Kostadinov. That Konstantinov has several rotation options in almost all positions.
Watching Novosibirsk players play is always at least interesting, but 9 January, Surgut residents need not so much to look at the other side of the court, how much to concentrate on your game. In recent matches, our opponents to one degree or another gave us a chance, which was not used. I'm not talking about that, that it was necessary to win, but fight and take it, what they give is the only way to success. Developing such a style is important in itself.
You have to be ready to take what's yours, collect all the "gifts", and climb into “someone else’s” with desire and emotions. how, eg, ASK in the match against Belogorye - who will blame the Nizhny Novgorod team for the defeat after 2:0? Surgut residents have always tried to compensate for the gap in skill with attitude, especially on our site - will we see this in the match with Lokomotiv??
As for skill, then its cultivation by the young Maxim Kirillov does not yet imply stability, Vitaly Papazov and Artem Masko in difficult situations forgot to play “on the hands” of the blockers, there's a little more confusion in the center, than it should be for the Super League level. If we can correct these points, add drive, emotions, speed - we will see a completely different team, capable of fighting and winning.
