DAY SIX: OUTSIDERS ON FIRE

The second round of games for 9-14 seats: it all started with Nova's victory over Dynamo-LO 3:1, continued with the dramatic comeback of “Ugra-Samotlor” – 3:2 against "Yenisey", and on Tuesday evening it came to the residents of Surgut.

The finish of the championship is given to Gazprom-Yugra through force - the minimum task has been completed, fatigue has accumulated, motivation, why don't you cheer up, God knows what. And Yaroslavich, compared to the Surgut team, played perhaps the best match of the season. On a positive note, we saw Petar Krsmanovic and Evgeniy Andreev on the court again, both in protective splints.

The beginning of the match was left to the Surgut team - aces from Chefranov and Khabibullin made the difference, 6:3. The alarming bell was the extremely low implementation of extra games - the hosts time after time earned themselves the opportunity to get a break ball, but things didn't go any further. I counted five (!) moments not played out in your favor. If we had won at least two of them, we would have gone to “plus five” by the middle of the set. And so – only “+3”, Bisset threw in a passing ball after an excellent serve from Chefranov, 10:7. Then Galimov deprives us of another game, and Pluzhnikov comes out to serve. Alexey's first attempt goes into touch, but the referees give a jump ball. Pluzhnikov adjusted his sight and fired an excellent series of shots, stopping only at the mark 10:13.

«Ярославич», like the hero of a famous film, hit carefully, but strongly, the Surgutians finally swam, now in all elements. Ace of the evil genius Pluzhnikov scores a set point, 17:24, Bisset set the ball into the net, 18:25. Separately, it is worth mentioning the rather predictable game of Gazprom-Yugra in attack - Yaroslavich’s blockers initially missed shots from the fourth and second zones, and then, throwing the center of the grid, covered both edges with a block.

In the second game, the Volga team started right off the bat - Galimov launches the glider into the line, ace, 2:6 and an early timeout for the hosts. Two aces in a row from Belogortsev - 4:9. Not knocked out yet, and already knockdown. Nevertheless, the groggy condition gradually disappears: ace by Ursov and then block by Starovich, 10:12. Working difference, but the guests won’t let you get any closer, and Kozlov throws a parachute over the collar of the receivers, another ace, 14:18. Chefranov and Ursov are catching the game again, 17:18. it seems, that in the end everything is possible, but at the decisive moment our diagonal stalls. First, his discount is raised and returned through Tarasov's attack, 19:22. Then Alexander makes a mistake in defense - the ball after Belogortsev’s attack could have been handled, 20:23. Bisset knocks on the block, Chefranov's attack is being raised again, Andreev, in turn, saves the ball after Tarasov's discount, and Ursov takes risks on the emergency ball - and loses. However, watching the net touch on the block gives the Surgut team another chance, and they win back another set point with a block to Belogortsev, 22:24. After a timeout, Kozlov puts Starovich into orbit - the Serb is accurate, 22:25.

In the third set, the hosts' slight superiority gradually melts away - 5:5 after Belogortsev's ace. The point-to-point game continues until the mark 11:11, after which Galimov comes out to serve and torments the host Surgutians with gliders - 11:14. Another chase and the result - 15:16, minimal lag. Chefranov plays reliably for Gazprom-Yugra, but another glitch at the reception gives the guests a two-point handicap in the end. And then Chefranov didn’t have time to catch a fast ball after his own serve, 17:20. Ursov tries in the fourth zone, 20:22, But Starovich why something atkuet is completely without block, 20:23. Glivenko, released as part of a double substitution, has difficulty getting the ball out of the hands of blockers, but Tarasov brings three match points to Yaroslavich, 21:24. Ursov attacks twice, second time into the net, but earlier the referees noticed a double touch on the Volzhan player. Result - jump ball, Glivenko is being removed, 22:24. Ivanov twists the ball into the line from the second zone on the second attempt, 23:24. And... Tarasov puts an end to it, 23:25.

"Yaroslavich" won in the case, and Gazprom-Yugra rightly conceded. We've made a lot more mistakes, than your opponent, who played surprisingly cleanly, while maintaining a high degree of aggression in attack and reliable play in receiving and backing up. This “Yaroslavich” should not take last place, but he is his, Nevertheless, continues to occupy. Theoretical chances of competing with Ugra-Samotlor remain, but they are very theoretical, especially after the Nizhnevartovsk team’s tiebreaker victory over Yenisei.

Comments after the game

Head coach of VC "Yaroslavich" Andrey Nozdrin:

– In the first two games we dominated in only one element - the serve. In the third game we made a lot of mistakes at the start, a nervous situation has arisen: in the championship we often led two games and failed in the next three, couldn't win endings. We tried to remove our mistakes, and the key point was Surgut’s serve errors.

Captain «Yaroslavich» Vyacheslav Tarasov:

– We controlled the number of errors, played quite cleanly, the safety net played well, they didn’t take risks on difficult balls. In the third game, the desire worked - no matter what place was in the table, gotta enjoy the game. As surprising as it sounds at the finish line of the championship, we're still playing together. As the season progressed, many new players arrived, new coach... If only we had been together at first, it would be better, Everyone has great potential.

Senior coach of Gazprom-Ugra Yuri Melnichuk:

– There is nothing special to comment, need to win at home. Today I apologize to the fans for such a game, it was anti-volleyball with a lot of mistakes. That's not how they play at home. Tomorrow, hope, see another volleyball. We wanted to win, but only Chefranov showed a more or less intelligible game, the rest played below their capabilities.

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