The Surgut team rotated their players at the start, releasing Skvortsov instead of Korotaev, and “Nova” involved youth team setter Nikita Shaldybin in the case. The rest of the composition of the Novokuibyshevites spoke of, that they are going to fight for victory - sheer power and experience.
Oleg Sogrin has noticeably refreshed Nova's lineup compared to the first game against the home team, and we don’t have much to change, We're already playing in experimental mode. Nevertheless, Gazprom-Yugra managed to break the series of defeats from Volga in the championship. It turns out, we are on the right path, albeit with obstacles.
After losing to Zenit St. Petersburg in the qualifying round of the playoffs, Gazprom-Yugra faces the last test of the season - two rounds of games for 9-12 seats. The first round starts 12 April in Sosnovy Bor, The rivals of the Surgut team will be the local Dynamo-LO, Shakhtar Soligorsk and Nova Kuibyshevsk. Previously, in the national championship, a similar format was provided only for teams, fighting for survival within Read more »
The equality in the opening continued until the mark 4:4, after which in the fourth zone on Ozhiganov’s passes aimed at the block, and then Kirillov stalled Krasikov. 4:7 and the hosts increased this advantage: bad reception from Surgut residents, Rajab tried to fight back from the block, but Nagets didn’t pick up the rebound, 12:17. Ace of Rudnev, who emerged from the square, sweetened the pill a little, 14:18. Something like a chase at the end: Krasikov fights back from the block, Rajab repeats the same, and then blocks Pozdnyakov, 17:20. Rodichev rolls into a cauldron, 19:22. But that’s all - Pozdnyakov brings a bag of set points with an ace, 19:24, and Rodichev steps on the baseline when serving.
On Wednesday the residents of Surgut will hold, perhaps, “match of life” away against Novokuibyshevsk “Nova”. At first, this is our direct competitor for a place in the playoffs. Secondly, the calendar at the end of the regular season for Gazprom-Yugra is as follows, that it will be extremely difficult to continue to gain victories - Kazan is our opponent, Novosibirsk, Moscow and St. Petersburg. In the last round, Nova almost beat Enisey in Krasnoyarsk, Read more »
"Gazprom-Ugra" (Surgut): Ozhiganov – Rudnev, Korotaev – Obmochaev, Krsmanovich – Alekseev, Nagaets "Nova" (Novokuibyshevsk): Dosanj – Litvinov, Antonov – Shpilev, Tenants – Shcherbakov, Eremin/Dragunov On the eve of the game, the virus knocked out Katich from the Surgut team’s application, Shevlyakov, Tarasenko and Krasikova, leaving on the list 11 surnames. Forced coaching creativity helped fans see Obmochaev as a finisher, Alekseeva - as Read more »
PARI Super League reaches top speed: after the victory in Nizhnevartovsk on Wednesday, on Saturday Gazprom-Yugra will host Nova from Novokuibyshevsk at home. The outsider position of the Volga team at the start of the championship is deceptive: the calendar was not easy. Getting out from under the leaders, “Nova” started winning and currently has the same three victories, like the people of Surgut. In the last round our opponent Read more »
Gazprom-Yugra: Ozhiganov - Shakhbanmirzaev, Piun - Kurbatov, Makarenko - Katich, Kabeshov/Nagaets Nova: Lukyanenko - Litvinov, Stork - Bloodless, Shpilev - Pozdnyakov, Eremin In the debut, the guests broke the equality in the score with two blocks - first they softened Makarenko's attack and got a break through Litvinov (7:9), then covered Katic (8:11). Rajab replied with ace (11:12), but immediately "Nova" issued Read more »
On Friday, Gazprom-Ugra will play one of the most important matches of the season. The victory in Orenburg slightly moved the contenders for the playoffs from the bottom, but to consolidate the result, it is necessary to take revenge on Nova, in order to further increase the distance before a series of final games with leaders, where to look for victory will be much more difficult. Basically, it's all, what you need to know about motivation before the upcoming Read more »
Yes, I haven’t picked up checkers for a long time… I mean, I missed two rounds. The reasons are different, from the machine-gun transience of games to the lack of Wi-Fi in places, where have you been. While our forecast announcements were on reboot, championship finalized, who is fighting for what and reached the finish line. Let's look at the disposition and try to guess, Read more »
