The confrontation between Gazprom-Yugra and Fakel has come to an end, by the way, 20 years old! The teams' first meeting took place 30 and 31 October 2004 of the year, back then, double matches were still played on the tour. ZSK-Gazprom beat the Super League debutant twice in Surgut, 3:0 and 3:1. And then there was a trip to Novy Urengoy 22 and 23 January, and two victories of Surgut residents 3:2. This departure Read more »
The fourth round games in the Youth Volleyball League started in Surgut. YUKIOR and SSOR "Samotlor" exchanged opponents in the first two days in the person of St. Petersburg "Zenit-2" and "Dynamo-LO-2" from Sosnovy Bor. On the first day, the Nizhnevartovians defeated Dynamo, not without problems 3:1, And our guys beat Zenit-2 with the same score. On the second day, the Samotlor Samotlor defeated Read more »
In the first set, the mutual block almost immediately grew as the main element of the game, they earned points, finishes were obtained. Aisom Kirillov “ate” a small gap in the opening (11:11), Khlyakin's attack into touch brought us a break (14:13), we got another one with a block to Safonov (18:16). And right there, after the host timeout, another, closing the attack to Kudryashov from the fourth zone. Kirillov had a good period of thought - the Orenburg region block began to show some light, Shevlyakov clogs the zone (21:17). But then Kirillov experienced a quality failure: Rodichev's pass went to substitute Rakhmatullin. But we rolled into the endgame on comfortable 24:20.
Every victory for Gazprom-Yugra in the championship is worth its weight in gold, not a medal, but in our scale of values no less important. The upcoming match in Orenburg on Saturday is one of those, which they talk about - for six points. Our direct competitors, managed to go from Neftyanik to Orenburg, they want to quickly forget the nightmare of the second round in Surgut and get hooked on the race Read more »
The Surgut team started the match with two breaks on Maxim Kirillov's serve, but then the block blocked Papazov’s attack, and Rohin made an ace - we didn’t believe it, that the ball will hit the line (2:3). The hosts began to tidy up the initiative: Iskhakov drags Shevlyakov's blow, Zubov counterattacks, Piskarev copes with Rodichev’s attack – Zubov is right there again, 3:6. Second block of MSTU, this time on Masko, brings the gap to minus 4 (8:12).
Start of the second round – jokes and experiments aside. MSTU is waiting for us in Moscow, Super League debutant, who managed to gain some experience and added strength compared to the first game in Surgut. remind, that even then victory was not easy for us: despite the score 3:0 two sets ended in balance. And let no one be confused by everything Read more »
First lap behind, we are at the equator, comrades! What is customary to do at the equator? Sailors, crossing this parallel for the first time, drink sea water. I'm an old sailor, that's why I'm entitled to other drinks, among them - truth serum. Now I’ll take a sip and write everything as it is about reality and expectations. I think, reality reflects expectations 100% or so. Confident first Read more »
On his birthday, Vladimir Alekno did not intend to give gifts to his opponent and fielded the strongest squad. In the first set, the hosts immediately revealed their main weapon in the form of Vladislav Babkevich, whose ace formed Zenit's first lead, 3:6. The residents of Surgut, through the efforts of Masko and Papazov, reduced the distance to 7:8, but the effective actions of the St. Petersburg team on the block and Klyuki’s emergency ace from the rope again created a gap, 11:16.
In the last round of the first round we go to visit the very, perhaps, to the unrealized command of the Superliga, given the gigantic potential of its players. However, St. Petersburg "Zenith" has already learned to beat the same capital "Dynamo", with whom he had a long winless streak. The fruits of Vladimir Alekno’s activities in St. Petersburg are already beginning to appear, the team is capable of solving complex problems if not, then at least Read more »
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 »
