I want to start the announcement of the match against Neftyanik not with a description of the opposing team, not impressed with her game, and from what he saw and felt in Krasnoyarsk, at the match "Yenisei" - "Gazprom-Ugra". Perhaps, for the first time in the season I watched the Surgut team so charged for the victory. There is always a hidden nerve on the court, but at the Sports Palace. Ivana Yarygina's team Read more »

Round nine: a lot of obvious and something incredible The ninth round is already the same routine of the championship, when the excitement of the start is over, calculations and calculations of the finish ahead, and it is necessary, clenched teeth, just work here and now, enjoying this work as much as possible. And they do get! Players and fans, coaches and journalists. Volleyball is beautiful with its emotions, and Read more »

Gazprom: Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Piun - Kurbatov, Makarenko - Katich, Dyakov/Nagaets Yenisei: Osipov - Yakovlev, Maximov - Brazhnyuk, Dmitriev - Skrimov, Yanutov The teams gave out bright in drama, thrilling match, a real battle of Siberian characters. The Surgut team prepared a surprise - a debutant appeared in the starting lineup and played the entire match, central blocker Dmitry Kurbatov (212 cm). That's why Read more »

A trip to Krasnoyarsk for Gazprom-Ugra is a step into the unknown. That is, of course, understandably, with whom to play, but what exactly to expect on the site? Including from themselves. Let's start with ourselves. The game with Ural showed, what: Nikita Alekseev is fine; Double replacement is quite a working tool. Makes opponent's blockers twitch, Yes and Read more »

The eighth round starts briskly, right today, classic duel "Zenit-Kazan" with "Belgorod". I briefly touched on the topic of "el clasico" in Russian volleyball on the club telegram channel, therefore, here - only about the sports component. And the sports component of the show is very simple.: if the Belgorod team does not solve the problem of the second player, it will be difficult for them to count on something. Sam Deru is getting fit in Kazan, Read more »

"Gazprom-Ugra": Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Makarenko - Katich, Piun - Ionov, Kabeshov/Nagaets "Ural": Cavannah - Rybakov, Feoktistov - Esfandiar, Gutsalyuk - Samoilenko, Shishkin Result, what is called, per game: Surgutians have been in the fight for a long time, then they caught up, demonstrating fighting qualities, and the guests as a whole played more smoothly and skillfully. The first set left an impression, that the owners simply forgot to wake up: Read more »

The upcoming match with Ural is a serious test for Gazprom-Ugra. Today it is far from the same "Ural", who took the place in the last championship right behind us. In fact, the team has doubled, recruiting in the off-season a new line-up of the main characters, while leaving the backbone of the "oldies". Now the Ufa players could play with two almost full-fledged sixes. We take veterans: bunch Roman Read more »

Pause, taken to the semi-finals of the Russian Cup, allowed the teams to adjust the playing tone, heal trauma and rethink what is happening. From the seventh round the championship takes a new start, where the games will get fiercer, as the price of wins increases as you move up the calendar grid. This is pure psychology and a bit of mathematics., no one will talk anymore: "that's all right, this is just the beginning and Read more »