AFTERTAste FROM VOLLEYBALL WEEK

There was a lot of volleyball in Surgut last week - there will not be so much this season. One side, the preliminary part of the Cup of Russia has always been considered, as an important stage of preparation for the national championship, on the other hand, the competition is quite official, with their tournament layouts and tasks. So let the volleyball still raw, But a certain picture is already visible. Ahead - second round, But now we can say a few words about what you saw.

And we saw in the case three teams of the Super League, Including Russian champion, as well as three teams of the High League "A". Give them in order, Given that, that this is my personal opinion.

"Magnitka-University"

The debutant of the Premier League "A", And it is felt. If only because, that the coaching headquarters of Magnitogorstsev consisted of exactly one person - the head coach. Urals predictably lost in all matches, imposing the struggle only there, where the opponent allowed this to do it. Nevertheless, Magnitogorsk has their trump cards. Primarily, This is the diagonal Nikita of Wendicts - the main shock force of the team, Dogger Maxim Ivliev, You can also note a good dense feed of the binder Philip Shatunov. But familiar to us from performances for Ugra-Samozhotor Vladimir Chivel in Surgut was not impressed-perhaps, He still needs to establish the necessary relationship with the binder.

Lokomotiv-Izumrud

Traditionally strong Sverdlovsk (Let's call it so according to the old memory) The volleyball school is no less traditionally experienced by certain financial difficulties (What is only last year's voluntary leaving from the Super League!). Therefore, the composition of Valery Alferov is far, so to speak, From their best samples. In spite of this, at times the team shows a completely mature game, fused from young recklessness and prudent experience. Diagonal Pavel Ganin and reinforced worker Artem Shibaev are responsible for experience, for youth – central Egor Yakutin and binding Pavel Ahaminov, elusively reminiscent of Igor Kobzar and Pavel Pankov in one bottle. But I would especially single the dogman Vadim Syropopitov 2001 year of birth-something tells, that he will not stay long in Yekaterinburgers.

"Tyumen"

Sergey Shulga had a very solid team - in any case, By the standards of the Premier League "A". Here and well the famous Evgeny Bannov, and sniffing gunpowder Super Leagues Yuri Sinitsa, And Ilya Parkhchuk, Plus a couple of Surgut pupils - Nikita Luchin and Alexander Goncharov. I would separately celebrate the former (or there are no former?) Beach Kirill Fialkovsky, who can do absolutely everything on the site. In addition, the team also has a character-what is worth an elongated ta-break in the game with Gazprom-Yugra! Generally, The Tyumen residents left positive impressions, Although stability, anyway, So far - not their horse.

«New»

Volzhans left a feeling of some disabilities. It seems that the team is quite solid, what is called - working, But something is missing ... such a feeling, that a couple of players are in the national teams, Although in fact there is one - Sergey Busel. Like Gazprom-Yugra, "Nova" seriously updated in the offseason, By walking without stars of the first magnitude. Andrei Titich is trying for the role of the leader - he is all right with charisma and power, But the height to combat the block is sometimes missing. The rest of the newcomers are very good professionals, The same Denis Shenkel did not spoil the dig, Good and Libero Alexander Moiseev, and a couple of solid interchangeable diagonal Vitaly Vasiliev and Alexander Chefranov ... But there is no rod player, Some reliable support. maybe, "Nova" will get the missing due to established command actions, perhaps, Untrodent legionnaire vacancies are told about something eloquently about something eloquently, although the market in the fall is already quite narrow. Generally, It is not very clear yet, Which team will appear in the championship.

"Kuzbass"

The champion is a champion. I don't really understand the conversations about that, that Kuzbass won the championship with the average selection of players. Selection-O-G-G! - Which was confirmed by the tour in Surgut. Without the main binder, The main diagonal, The main Libero, one of the main reinforcements, Without the head coach - Kemerovo residents looked like favorites. I will note, that young Krechetov and Pakshin are quite ready for the Super League, Unless the growth of Krechetov allows the attackers of an opponent to walk over his block, And Pakshin is still unstable psychologically. Sivoles does not force the form, or finally decided to play at the expense of wisdom, not strength. Podlesnykh - in perfect order, the central line Pashitsky-Shcherbakov-Demakov looks quite competitive, Bogdan Glivenko also took root. I think, Kuzbass will be in its combat composition, as before, fight for the highest places.

"Gazprom-Ugra"

Team, collected, in fact, anew, is now finding its new face. It was not very clear at the pre-season tournaments in Minsk and St. Petersburg, but in Surgut those features have already begun to be visible, which will allow you to solve problems for the season. The appearance of Sergei Pirainen and Pavel Avdochenko added arguments to the attack, bringing the roster rotation to near perfection. If earlier the Surgut residents had a fairly obvious division into the first and second composition, then now I don’t see it - in fact, everyone can start for certain tactical tasks. This is a huge plus - when all the players are in good shape, when the coaching staff has a wide range of solutions.

If you strive for ideal, the, perhaps, missing player, capable of dominating the center of the net (These were Teodor Todorov on the block and Petar Krsmanovic in the attack), however, this relative gap can be tried to be closed through team actions. Well, a little worrying, that behind the excellent Grigory Dragunov there is no second reliable libero. Will Alexey Karpenko be able to fully change his qualifications?, will it help, in case something happens, Nikita Kozlov – questions for me personally are still open.

Well, one more thing: the ability to act calmly at critical moments, in tense endings, the same character plus simulated reliable solutions to emerging problems. There is something to work on here too, what the tiebreaker with Tyumen demonstrated. And the game with Kuzbass showed, that this work is being carried out and, mainly in the heads of the volleyball players themselves. In short, the team already exists, and gradually it becomes a TEAM.