Alexey Verbov fielded a lineup with a balance of youth and experience in Surgut, and sent former “Surgut resident” Evgeniy Rukavishnikov to pass the ball. Rafael Khabibullin entrusted a place in the starting lineup to young Ivan Skvortsov, who immediately felt the weight of champion serves. Actually, presentation has become the main element, due to which Zenit won a landslide victory.
Gazprom-Yugra enters the hardest finishing spurt of the regular season, where it will be extremely difficult to count on victories. And you don’t need to count – you just need to return to that game, which the team demonstrated in most of the second round matches (last game doesn't count), and come what may. Not a single Super League team could do without Read more »
The match began with an ace from Vadim Ozhiganov - the setter shortened the serve into Sam Daru's area of responsibility. The next break was organized by Krsmanovich with a serve to Volvich - the freeball was converted by Shevlyakov, 4:2. Then a series of problems at the reception for Korotaev was organized by
At the end of the year, Surgut residents will have two matches with the finalists of the Russian Cup, who will play for the trophy exactly between meetings with Gazprom-Yugra. Will Zenit-Kazan consider the match with our team as a dress rehearsal before the title match with Dynamo four days later, or will Alexey Verbov take care of the leaders and try to get by with “little blood”?? In any case, Gazprom-Yugra decides Read more »
Zenit-Kazan: Christenson - Mikhailov, D. Volkov - Deru, A. Volkov - Kononov, Golubev Gazprom-Ugra: Ozhiganov - Shakhbanmirzaev, Makarenko - Katich, Piun - Kurbatov, Kabeshov The Surgut team started quite cheerfully and even took the lead after a productive attack by Kurbatov and his own ace, 2:1. But the hosts ate the backlog on Rajab's three mistakes in a row - pitching into the net and hitting Read more »
It's our turn to play with the leader at his house. What can you say? Zenit-Kazan in great shape, with a beautiful bench and with thoughts of a championship. For now, for the hosts of the game - time to collect stones, that is, preparing for decisive matches through the remaining games of the preliminary part of the championship. Surely Alexey Verbov will try, if not all, the Read more »
The preliminary part of the championship with a swift jack rolls onto the finish line. It seemed, that there is no more intrigue, but she is! What the 28th round is preparing for us, unfolded in the middle of the working week? Here, perhaps, does not smell of intrigue. For "Kuzbass" it is still possible to move in the middle of the standings, so Kemerovo will play like an adult. And the "Builder" in an adult way can one set, Unfortunately. So Read more »
"Gazprom-Ugra": Ozhiganov - Shakhbanmirzaev, Piun - Ionov, Katich - Botin, Nagaets/Vlaskov "Zenith-Kazan": Christenson - Mikhailov, Volkov - Shcherbynin, Deru - Surmachevsky, Golubev This time, Alexei Verbov decided to give Dmitry Volkov a rest, and the Surgutians have a whole clip of players and even coaches left out of the game for medical reasons. Rajab Shakhbanmirzaev replaced Nikita Alekseev diagonally, instead Read more »
The game with Zenit-Kazan is one of the most serious tests in the PARI Super League, if not the most serious. For some time after the end of the era of Leon in Kazan, they groped for ways to compensate, missing out on titles even with Erwin Ngapeth, but now, it seems, found a new path to greatness. He relies on the triangle, only in a slightly different interpretation. If earlier this Read more »
"Zenit-Kazan": Christensen - Mihailov, A.Volkov - Volvich, D. Volkov - Deru, Golubev "Gazprom-Ugra": Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Piun - Ionov, Makarenko - Katich, Kabeshov When even one of the best teams in the world rolls over you, it's always annoying. Even when the motivation is different: we wanted to see ours under pressure, and Kazan was preparing for tomorrow's super-principled duel with Read more »
