CAMBACK IN YAROSLAVL

Gazprom-Ugra wins an important victory in Yaroslavl, but you can't say, that she came easy. Especially vague doubts tormented Surgut fans after the first set, in which Gazprom-Ugra seems to have seized the initiative (5:2 after Ace Bisset, playing diagonally), but couldn't keep her, due to own mistakes. Moreover, the hosts, balancing on an equal footing, Ruslana Galimova is ahead of the curve (7:10) and very confidently brought the game to victory, 17:25. There was a feeling, what an unusually late start to the match (at nine o'clock in the evening, Surgut time) influenced the biorhythms of the guests - the game at Gazprom-Yugra was extremely sluggish and disorganized.

During the break, Rafael Khabibullin cheered up his players and started urgent repairs to the starting lineup: Bisset from the diagonal went into the final game instead of Shchadilov, Glivenko took his place, Artem Khabibullin replaced Makarov. The start of the second set mirrored the opening of the first - an ace from Bisset and 5:2 on the board. And again the owners, this time through the efforts of Starovich, set off in pursuit - 5:4. But then Galimov let his team down, attacking into touch from the fourth zone twice in a row, 8:4.

A sticky fight ensues, in which Yaroslavl residents fish out breaks over and over again, Chefranov comes on instead of Glivenko, and the advantage has almost disappeared, 11:10. Bisset helps out in the fourth zone, excellent presentation by Chefranov, leaving the opponent without an attack, and Krsmanovic, finishing the game, 13:10. The second assault on "Yaroslavich" ended at the mark 16:16 – Ursov was caught by the block, the Volga residents now have a carload of opportunities to take the lead - again Ursov in the same formation fails to cope with the attack over and over again, but in the end, a low pass to Starovich brought him into the Surgut team’s block. And then the Serbian legionnaire makes a mistake once again - 18:16.

The difference in the ending was again made by Chefranov - ace, and Krsmanovic - block the first tempo, 22:18. And Bisset very confidently put an end to it with two aces, 25:19.

The Surgut team started the third set just as confidently, how we finished the second – block to Starovich, Ace Ursova, Bisset's finish, 3:0. Yaroslavl residents are in pursuit again - 5:5 after Tarasov's ace and the marriage of the Surgut residents on the block. And again - once again - Gazprom-Yugra goes ahead on Chefranov’s serves, 9:5. It is worth noting, that throughout the match, except for the first set, the Surgut team had a great combination of blocking and defense, the team caught a block and pulled out a lot of balls on the back line. The only question was the implementation of pre-game moments. When did this come out?, we scored breaking balls and went into the gap - this is how Ursov puts the ball under the baseline with a pipe, 10:6. But when all efforts fade on the grid, the hosts close the gap - Piskarev, who came on instead of Galimov, hits an ace, and Khabibullin did not take Belogortsev by surprise with the discount, 11:10.

Yaroslavich had an excellent chance to level the score when the score was 12:11 – we knocked the reception to the opponent’s side, but the discount from Tarasov did not work, and Ursov withdrew from an awkward formation with a diagonal in the fourth zone. And then Kirill issued a glider with Bisset’s technique and attack passing to us, and ace - already in a forceful manner, 15:11. Artem Khabibullin forgot about the existence of diagonal, occasionally, primarily, in non-obvious situations, passed to Krsmanovic, and built the whole game through the fourth zone. Bisset and Ursov did not disappoint, and Chefranov supported the team with another ace, 18:13. In response, “Yaroslavich” snapped back at the first pace, and Ursov, having eaten on the grid, found the strength to build another serve right through, 23:17. Puts an end to it (suddenly!) Chefranov with a block kick, 25:18.

Gazprom-Yugra began the fourth game with a defeat - 6:1 on Chefranov's serves. Voropaev, who came on instead of Kozlov, tried to get out of an awkward formation with Starovich in the “four” through Tarasov on the other side of the net, but unsuccessfully - and Bisset was rampant among the Surgutians in the final games. The rest of the game followed a familiar scenario – the hosts took a little bite out of the guests’ advantage from time to time, but the slightest hints of a full-fledged pursuit were nipped in the bud. Kozlov, replaced Voropaev, attack from the second touch reduces the score to 12:10, but immediately the guests move forward again - 16:11. «Ярославич», Nevertheless, doesn't give up, there are long draws going on, Ursov carries a huge load in attack with varying degrees of success, centers help him - Krsmanovic with attack, Long block. At the right moment, Dovgan excels with an ace to the front line, 21:16. Bisset pushes the block, and then misses an emergency goal in the final game, 22:18. Tarasov comes out to serve for the hosts and, with the thought of the last chance, knocks out the Surgut team twice, giving pre-game chances to Piskarev and Starovich. And then he issues an ace, reducing the backlog to a minimum, 22:21.

After a time-out taken by Rafael Khabibullin, Vyacheslav again takes risks and serves into the net, 23:21. Затем мы великолепно играем на блоке и в защите – закрываем Старовича и цепляем повторную попытку Пискарева. Как забивать на тройном блоке демонстрирует Урсов – 24:21. Биссет подает в сеть, Плужников выбивает из приема Андреева и Старович забивает через касание доигровочный мяч, 24:23. Апофеоз игры – Плужников не справляется с волнением и подает в аут, что подтверждает взятый хозяевами видеопросмотр, 25:23.

Тяжелая, но заслуженная победа. Теперь выдыхаем и едем в Санкт-Петербург.

20 February, Yaroslavl. Yaroslavich - Gazprom-Ugra. 1:3 (25:17, 19:25, 18:25, 23:25) Broadcast on tvtart.ru