We already spoke, that the most important from the tournament point of view for Gazprom-Ugra in Kazan will be the meetings with the Orenburg Neftyanik - this opponent must be beaten, to reach the semi-finals of the Cup of Russia. Despite the last place, occupied by Neftyanik in the Superleague last season, underestimating this team would be a big mistake. If only because, that the current "Oilman" Read more »
Six matches - six wins: this is the result of the play-out for Gazprom-Ugra. In the last match of the season, the Surgut team played with the demotivated Neftyanik, "providing" himself the last place. And although the game was devoid of tournament sense, our guys showed much more professionalism. In the debut of the account 2:3 Rajab Shahbanmirzaev came out to serve and brought the score to 8:3. Cannot be said, that diagonal Read more »
Three victories in the first round of the play-out provided Gazprom-Ugra with a calm end to the season, three defeats of "Neftyanik" in Surgut guaranteed the relegation of the Orenburgers. It seems that the intrigue is gone and you can watch the youth, but YUKIOR on the same days is fighting for the MVL Cup in Nizhnevartovsk, so Skvortsov, Teenihin, Slobodyanyuk and Kirillov are there. Besides: what mood did you come to Read more »
"Gazprom-Yugra" has again become a good irritant - this time for the "Neftyanik". Surgut took the first two sets, what is called, on class. Two aces of Dovgan (13:8) and almost calm ending in the first set (25:21), but Akhaminov and Rakhmatullin, who came out towards the end, have already shown their teeth. Equal game in the second game, Akhaminov actively uses the centers, good Rakhmatullin, but precisely Read more »
commands, not used to playing two days in a row (and there is still a third day!), came to the site in a rather lethargic state. Didn't feel at all, that for "Neftyanik" the game can be fateful - apparently, in Orenburg have already come to terms with the last place. Instead of Dmitry Yakovlev, Ilnur Rakhmatullin appeared in the diagonal, and the first set went with an overwhelming advantage of "Ural". Read more »
The first play-out match in Surgut turned into a volleyball thriller. Yenisei, ahead of Neftyanik by five wins, barely got a win over an underdog in a tie-break. In the first game, the "rise-coup" "Oilman" made from the account 11:13. He threw gliders at Todor Skrimov, the Orenburgers achieved a knocked-out reception from the opponent and waited, when the Bulgarian legionnaire also falls under the block, 16:13. Then Read more »
This is not what we wanted, play-out participants can say. But you have to play until the end, fight - if not for tournament heights, it's for survival. Something tells, that these battles can cost the entire playoffs and heat, and level of play: after all, the teams gathered are not simple and extremely motivated. Let's try to approach the presentation of the tour in an original way and look at 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 »
