Gazprom-Yugra: Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Makarenko - Katich, Piun - Bessogonov, Kabeshov/Nagaets Lokomotiv: Abaev - Kazachenkov, Perrin - Kurbanov, Lyzik-Chereisky, Martynyuk The hosts started the meeting quite cheerfully, biting off the opponent's break after break: 2:1, 5:3, 9:6, 12:7... The feed to Kurbanov worked, on high balls, Lokomotiv's attacks were softened by a block and returned through Alekseev and Makarenko. 12-it is Read more »
Will Gazprom-Ugra be able to stop Lokomotiv?? The task is not easy: Novosibirsk, experienced for a long time noticeable problems due to the serial replenishment of the club infirmary, now gained health and scored a good move. There are still no two main players at the base, Sergei Savin and Alexei Rodichev, but an old acquaintance, John Gordon Perrin, was discharged to help, played for Lokomotiv in the past Read more »
On the 27th round continues to accelerate to the finish line of the preliminary part of the championship. Volleyball in the spring is interesting, teams are either already reaching their maximum, or start to it with the expectation of the playoffs. The game is live, a lot of fire, there are various attendant circumstances - in general, the heat is slowly coming on. The hosts are noticeably more experienced and their motivation is higher. All, what can Read more »
«Lokomotiv»: Abayev - Luburic, Kurkaev - Lyzik, Berezhko - Kurbanov, Martynyuk/Krivitchenko Gazprom-Yugra: Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Piun - Ionov, Makarenko - Katich, Nagaets / Dyachkov "Gazprom-Yugra" almost ruined the 300th match at the helm of Lokomotiv for Plamen Konstantinov, having arranged a hot battle in Novosibirsk. At first, as they say, nothing foretold: in the first game, the hosts at the expense of Abaev's aces (2:0), Luburica (7:3), Read more »
There are few chances for Gazprom-Ugra to win in the match with Lokomotiv, but they have. There would be more, play at home. In Novosibirsk, you need to have a clear superiority, to convince the local aura of the validity of the claims. Lokomotiv likes to play at home, can play at home, can win here. Even with the infirmary full. At the moment, the opponent is a little strange: face Read more »
When we were naughty with Final Six predictions, did not leave the feeling, that one way or another something must go wrong. the, what we have identified as the weak point of the Kazan "Zenith", in the end it worked - the so-called winner syndrome affected. “The unbeaten streak in all tournaments has exceeded the fourth ten games, and such chains are purely mathematical Read more »
Before the start of the Final Six in Kazan, we, as always, have fun and make predictions. Describing the strengths and weaknesses of each team seems to be a pointless exercise, for a long season, everything has already been studied up and down. But we will try to focus on the most important thing and turn on Vanga's mode, to make it more interesting. Group A The most powerful weapon - Read more »
Playoffs are on, and we are just finishing the summing up of the regular season. It's okay - sometimes it's good to look at an event with a slight delay. And our seven-month-long event requires unhurried reflection, unlike fleeting and emotional knockout games. This is where you will find answers to many questions., that may arise along the way Read more »
We did not have time to sum up the results of the regular season, How did the first playoffs go?. Nothing, we will finish with regularity a bit later, and now five thoughts on the fight for the Final Six Paradox No. 1 The hottest fight was not between neighbors in the standings. Dynamo-LO finished with Yugra-Samotlor without any problems, and Belogorye took out Kuzbass. At the same time finishing Read more »
We continue the conversation after the regular season: today our focus is on teams, who "bounced". That is, they made it to the playoffs and can safely be considered the so-called "strong middle peasants". Here is the youngest team, and the oldest, someone rejoices in success, and someone is upset with the status of the middle peasant. However, all in order. Completely losing leaders (the last door to the locker room was closed by Dmitry Volkov and Read more »
