VISIT THE THIRD CLUB OF THE WORLD
Another chance for Gazprom-Ugra to get a ticket to the playoffs with their own hands is a visit to Novy Urengoy 9 Martha. Rivals from Surgut at the end of the season - one more beautiful than the other, but who promised, what will be easy? A "Torch", by the way, the only club this season, defeated Kazan "Zenith". And twice - first at the club world championship, and then - in the Russian Championship. by the way, at the Fakel World Club Championship, invited by wild card, took third place.
When Ilya Vlasov and Vadim Likhosherstov left Fakel in the off-season, might seem, that the team's potential will decrease. In fact, she became stronger. Due to what? Primarily, managed to fend off attacks on a couple of star players - Dmitry Volkov and Egor Klyuka, who are still progressing (особенно последний). Then, at last, найти третью опору в атаке с края сетки – в последние годы новоуренгойцам с диагональными как-то не фартило. И кто бы мог подумать, that Belarusian Arthur Udris would be so appropriate! Together with Volkov and Klyuka, he is among the top ten top scorers in the championship, sharing with the players the main work of getting points. If earlier rivals concentrated, primarily, to neutralize the threat from the fourth zone, то теперь столько же внимания приходится уделять и противоположному краю сетки, what, in turn, creates more freedom for “Fakel” in the center of the grid.
And there is someone to operate there besides Likhosherstov and Vlasov: Ivan Yakovlev has played quietly in the starting lineup before, Andrey Ananyev emerged from the shadows no less confidently this season, Dmitry Kolenkovsky also comes in useful as a substitute. Another “assembly point” of the current “Torch” – This is Team USA libero Eric Shoji, providing the team with increased tenacity when playing defense. So it turns out, that compared to last season “Fakel” has lost nothing, but just purchased. The team is young, high, movable, tenacious, powerful – all this is about “Fakel”.
It is impossible not to separately note the progress of the actual team leader, Egor Klyuka – primarily in reception. Score over the block, in an oblique diagonal, throw off, etc.. Egor could do it before. But during the reception I periodically “floated”, like all tall finishers with diagonal potential. This season Egor, being the fourth top scorer in the championship (above are only diagonal ones), traditionally receives a very decent load in reception - and withstands it with 48% affirmative action! Opponents cannot help but serve at Egor - this way there is a chance to at least turn him off from the attack - but in fact such tactics do not lead to success. Egor copes, successfully receiving and attacking in one play is not a problem for him. In fact, this is a volleyball machine, and - the most obvious candidate for the place of the departing Matthew Anderson for Zenit Kazan. However, this is a slightly different story.
What can Gazprom-Yugra count on in a match with such an opponent?? Due to the accumulated fatigue of the Novy Urengoy team - even though they don’t play in European cups, they still fly a lot. Plus leaders – Volkov, The gossip, Udris, Shoji - work almost year-round, since they are still involved in national teams. Fatigue accumulates and periodically spills out in the form of gaming slumps. One of them, seem to be, Dmitry Volkov is now experiencing - however, he has a worthy replacement in Denis Bogdan. Well, of course, you have to rely on your own strength. Hope, that the diagonal will work at full capacity - we have been noticeably lacking it lately. Be sure to try to knock your opponent out of the move - for this, paradoxically, you can try using Eric Shoji, whose performance in reception is far from ideal. Come up with, finally, some tactical surprises. Well, fight for every ball.
9 Martha, New Urengoy. «Факел» – «Газпром-Югра». Broadcast on tvtart.ru
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