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He dropped 44 kg, runs through 10 km per day, in 54 learned to cook. 62-year old Rafael Khabibullin - founding father, director and head coach of the Gazprom-Yugra club, which with 2002 consistently performs in the Super League. And he is also one of the most charismatic people in Russian volleyball. He preaches healthy eating, drives to away matches by car and prefers to drive directly Read more »

The coaching staffs unanimously decided to take a look at the “fresh” liberos, and the Surgut residents completely drove almost the entire train through the site. Konstantin Bryansky was a little more careful, releasing Zudin and Kayumov closer to the middle of the third set.

After success in Nizhny Novgorod, Gazprom-Yugra will play with the “wounded” capital Dynamo, lost to St. Petersburg Zenit the day before. The chances of success in this match for the Surgut team should be considered, probably, doesn't make much sense, but the concept of giving your best in every game has not disappeared. Yes, Dynamo is the obvious favorite with a powerful squad, but it is in such matches that you can show your fighting skills Read more »

From the first draws, the trend of the evening emerged: The Nagaets systematically carried fantastic balls in defense and held the reception, and Zheleznyakov scored and finished off over and over again. The Surgut team tried to get ahead in the score over and over again due to the completion of the games., but the owners stayed close. After another masterpiece by Nagayets, Rodichev unscrewed the emergency ball from the block, 15:13, but Zheleznyakov kept eating, and Kirillov, with his own attack, found the rope and out, 16:16. In the end Zheleznyakov decides again, and Rodichev landed in the block three times not without the “help” of his setter, guiding transmission to the block. Our captain's latest failure led to the loss of the set.

Missed the 12th round, Gazprom-Yugra had the opportunity to temporarily drop out of the race, look around, exhale, train and go to Nizhny Novgorod with renewed vigor. Was the pause beneficial or not?, We'll find out very soon. Meanwhile our opponent, ASK, walked quite cheerfully in the last three rounds. To begin with, he got his first victory in the championship, beating MSTU in Moscow, then Read more »

It's nice to see YUKIOR among the leaders of the Youth Volleyball League standings. After three rounds our guys have 12 victories and 0 lesions. But three tiebreaker wins will leave us in second place, if Novosibirsk "Lokomotiv-SSHOR", also going undefeated, will beat Enisey-2 at home 19 November. However, first or second place is not so important, the main thing, what Read more »

In the first set, Andrey Ananyev's ace marked a serious attempt by the hosts to take the lead, 10:7. But ours immediately pulled up: Titich, with an unsuccessful move, organized an attack on the passing ball for Papazov, 10:9. Soon Vitaly evens out the balance with a single cover for Shpilev, 11:11, and after a series of serves from our diagonal “Gazprom-Yugra” turns the score in its favor - 15:11. This series also included Papazov’s play in defense followed by a counterattack., and Rodichev’s block to Rybakov, and Kurbatov’s discount after another failure of the hosts to receive.

Games against Nova are not easy for us. Last season we lost twice in the regular season, then they beat Volzhan twice in the “pulka” for 9-12 seats, but there is a passion there, so to speak, was no longer the same. A year earlier, despite the fact that Nova finished penultimate in the regular season after returning to the Super League from the top league "A", she also Read more »

Alexey Verbov gave the leaders a rest, sending only Dmitry Volkov into battle from the starting lineup. But Kazan’s backups are also impressive, Zenit can afford to keep its squad square, capable of easily beating half of the Super League.

6 November Gazprom-Yugra will play in Kazan against one of the best teams in the world. In the absence of international tournaments, this fact cannot be verified, but i'm sure, that Zenit-Kazan is somewhere there, among the best. The best setter in world volleyball. Well, or one of. World legend in diagonal. One of the best finishers on the planet - Dmitry Volkov. The most experienced Volvich, young talents Read more »