THE FIRST DAY: AN ATTEMPT OF "UNIVERSITY", "TYUMEN" WITHOUT BLOCK, GAZPROM-YUGRA IN THE CLASS
The preliminary stage of the Cup of Russia started in Surgut - for starters, the Barnaul "University" almost created a sensation, only on a tie-break losing to St. Petersburg "Zenith", which included both legionnaires.
Georg Groser has clearly not yet gained the necessary conditions, and here is the newly minted Russian Oreol Camejo (who will be considered a legionary for another two years), in fact, saved his team, nailed 21 point in attack with efficiency 75 percent. The rest of the Zenit stars can hardly count this match as an asset, while the Barnaul team played great: 22 Alexey Karpenko scored a point, 20 with captain Sergei Bragin, 5 the blocks were built by veteran Konstantin Poroshin. Nevertheless, the class still had an effect, and they won the decisive set with a clear advantage.
In the second meeting of the day, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk predictably defeated Tyumen with a clean sheet. The railway workers were head and shoulders above all the components, remarkable, that the Tyumen residents were unable to put up a single block - against 11 at the opponent. A real extravaganza was organized by Konstantin Bakun, managed to score in three sets 19 points (14 in attack, efficiency 74 percent, two blocks, three aces).
In the evening, neighbors from Surgut and Nizhnevartovsk came out to the Premier Arena teraflex, and here the higher class of Surgut residents also had the final say. Gazprom-Yugra dominated the entire match and brought it to a natural victory in three sets. Suffice it to say, that “Samotlor” never took the lead during the match, only narrowing the gap with varying success.
In the first set, the guests managed to come back with “-7” (18:11) to "-3" at the end (23:20), but in the second it was not possible to close a similar gap - 17:12, 22:16, 25:19. The final game could be the most tense, in which it seemed like an equal fight ensued. The home team went ahead by a point or two, the guests were catching up (11:11, 14:14), but then, on the serve of Kirill Ursov, Gazprom-Yugra succeeded in a decisive escape - 18:14 after the ace performed by the captain of the Surgut team. The owners carefully brought this handicap to the final ribbon, отбивая все попытки соседей спасти игру, 25:19.
58 процентов эффективности в атаке в составе хозяев показал Александр Чефранов, collected 15 points, пятью блоками отметился Николай Бескровный, 7 attacks from 9 реализовал Артем Довгань, 91 (!) the percentage of positive reception was demonstrated by Evgeniy Andreev. Generally, a more reliable technique became the basis, due to which the Surgut residents felt more confident on the site.
Trainer of VC Gazprom-Yugra Vladimir Kondusov: Our previous game with the Nizhnevartovians in Tyumen was a kind of test. Today's match showed, that we are moving in the right direction in our preparation for the season. We strive for fast combination play, Today the task was to attack a lot in the third zone, because without play in the center there will be no fast play in the edges. We are building such a model, we're working on it.
Finisher of VC Gazprom-Yugra Leonid Shchadilov: First game of the season, as always, a little exciting. We tried to cope more with ourselves, with your nerves. We are slowly improving our game, There is still time before the start of the national championship. Let's play together, looking for connections, so there are still rough edges. pleases, that we play together, everyone fights for each other.
Head coach of VC "Ugra-Samotlor" Eduard Merman: During the match, Surgut constantly controlled the game. We were simply crushed by the supply, often had to withdraw from the “minus”, and the hosts played decently in defense. As for our team, then we are preparing for the championship of the major league “A”, need to decide on the composition, see, who is capable of what. Everyone has, not only here, Now, what they call it in Canada, exhibition matches.
