THE FIRST DAY: Strong-willed victory over the "Yaroslavich"
«Ярославич», as expected, went into the game with Gazprom-Yugra extremely motivated and charged for victory. Our team looked out of place at first - in addition to the injured Krsmanovich and Andreev, injuries were added to Ursov and Beskrovnykh, that, Nevertheless, played a full match.
Debut failure (4:8) Surgut residents quickly reduced it to an acceptable minimum - 7:8, but they equalized only at the mark 13:13, blocking Tarasov's attack from the fourth zone. And immediately they took the lead - Tarasov stalled again, and Ursov did not disappoint in the final game. After Yaroslavich’s time-out, Gazprom-Yugra even created a comfortable “+3” before going into the end - 18:15 – Malyshev and Khabibullin are good in defense and backup, Ursov and Chefranov are on the grid. In the next play, Starovich was lucky with a rebound from the block, and then Pluzhnikov came out to serve - an ace and a passed ball, 18:18. The next problem for the Surgut team was caused by Kozlov – an ace in Bisseta, 19:21. All, what ours were able to do in the missed ending - keep eating, which led to Starovich's decisive attack, 23:25.
In the second game, the first turning point occurred with the score 5:4 in favor of Gazprom-Yugra: having a comfortable finish, Chefranov “knocked” on Galimov’s single block. Instead of building up the advantage, we immediately got a “-3” on Kozlov’s serves. We had to organize a chase again: Bisset finally began to demonstrate something in attack, and Makarov, who came on as part of a double substitution, began to actively use the first tempo in his style - 12:12 after the designated area performed by Dovgan.
It's a game of catch up: Yaroslavl residents cover Bisset and Glivenko with a block and run away - 14:17, Thanks to the efforts of the same Bisset on the net and Ursov in defense, we are catching up, 17:17. Starovich and Tarasov again indicate the advantage of Volga residents, and Glivenko, in a convenient situation, attacks into touch, 18:21. In the end, the “Yaroslavich” block and that factor had a weighty word, that we attacked for the most part on a broken reception, 19:25.
In the third set after Starovich's ace (2:5) the first alarm bell rang. Our people have gathered - Ivanov, replaced Ursov, places the ace exactly in the corner of the court, 5:5. However, passing the mark 8:8, Yaroslavl residents again led the race. Ace Kozlova - 8:12, Malyshev can't handle his serve, and then throws the ball into touch, 12:15, Starovich scores from a block, 18:20…
Our team clung to the game as best they could and waited for their chance in the end. Galimov serves out, 19:20. Starovich attacks there, 20:20. Belogortsev wins back, Chefranov responds with a beautiful tempo discount for the block (21:21) and goes to serve. The referees call an out, but the review taken is categorical - the ball landed on the line, ace, 22:21! The Surgut residents have made replacements to strengthen the block, the tactic worked, Starovich stopped, 23:21. In the endgame, the opponents went all-in on serve, scoring each other points with mistakes in this element, which led to the score 25:23 after the car named after Tarasova.
The fourth set began with an ace from Ursov. (2:0), continued with Tarasov's ace (4:5), and when the score 5:7 our team put on a great defensive game, having fought off the opponent's massive attacks and waited for Starovich to hit into touch. This is called: If you can’t dominate, at least grab your opponent with a death grip, so that he drags you to a more or less comfortable ending. Another similar rally happened at the mark 13:15, when Chefranov scored an emergency goal and helped the team get away from Tarasov’s killer serves. And after a couple of plays, the same Chefranov indicates the superiority of the Surgut residents - 17:15... But once again Pluzhnikov appears on serve and creates a lot of problems for us in receiving, 17:18.
We begin the finishing spurt by transferring the game from 19:21 on 21:21 thanks to another luxurious zone between Makarov and Dovgan and the attack of young Melnikov into touch. Shchadilov replaces Ivanov on the block - Tarasov was “accepted”, 22:21. Excellent serve from Ursov - and Starovich can’t do anything with the low, ball aimed at block, 23:21. Tarasov is filming, Melnikov, the risk, feeds into the network, Tarasov is good again in the fourth zone, but Chefranov confidently puts the point, 25:23. Such a denouement must have discouraged the residents of Yaroslavl., but did not discourage them one iota from their desire to win the final victory.
The decisive set was an even fight. In the opening, we again lost the slight advantage we had gained on Pluzhnikov’s serves, however, Dovgan's ace restored hope, 9:8. No one expects an attack from Bloodless, Makarov uses this, 10:9. Malyshev lifts Galimov's pipe in defense, Chefranov scores - 11:9. Ursov is distinguished by its pipe – 12:10. Passing error in a non-obvious situation is whistled at Makarov, 12:11, and then Tarasov hits another ace, reducing all efforts to 12:12…
At the decisive moment, Malyshev copes with the technique, and Chefranov confidently does his job, 13:12. Dovgan comes to the aid of Makarov on the block in time and closes Galimov’s attack, 14:12. Starovich revives hope for Yaroslavich, The extremely dangerous Pluzhnikov comes out to serve and knocks the Surgut team out of the reception. The thrown ball is returned by Galimov's attack, processed by Malyshev, а Урсов с четвертого метра рискует – и забивает, 15:13! Статистика матча доступна по ссылке.
«Газпром-Югра» одерживает волевую победу над равным на сегодняшний день соперником. Yes, у нас многое не получалось сегодня, но есть и позитивные новости – мы увидели прежнего Александра Чефранова в диагонали, Малышев все больше и больше осваивается в роли основного (и единственного) Libero, но главное – у нас есть командный дух, который не позволяет опускать руки даже тогда, когда игра не клеится, и соперник чуть ли не празднует победу.
Что будет дальше – посмотрим. Турнир плей-аута обещает быть весьма жарким – в первый день, помимо нашей игры, «Нова» также на тай-брейке одолела «Динамо-ЛО», а «Югра-Самотлор» преподнесла первую сенсацию, всухую обыграв хозяев. Именно с «Енисеем» нам предстоит встретиться завтра, и красноярцы наверняка будут полны желания реабилитироваться перед своей публикой. Что касается турнирных раскладов, то для нас ничего не изменилось – по-прежнему дистанция между нами и тринадцатым местом составляет пять побед.
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