It was painful
Humiliating defeat "Gazprom-Ugra" - the flip side of a strong-willed victory ASA. It is necessary to pay tribute to volzhanam, They played the game at a high level. Even in the first two sets, we can not say, guests have failed - they just do wrong in the attack, and on the pitch. Overall, the game held in Surgut tone, it was interesting to watch, how the hosts “peck out” the opponent’s breaks one grain at a time. In the first batch, yielding 14:19, the guests crept within firing range - 22:23, but Muzai scored a quick goal, and then Kostylenko fought back from the block, 23:25.
In the second game the picture was similar, except that the ending was more calm for Gazprom-Yugra - the excellent defensive play of Salparov and Kostylenko ensured the lead with 16:14 on 18:14. Muzay, in billiard style, put the withdrawn ball into the “pocket” of the first zone, 22:18, and the Nizhny Novgorod team ended the set with their own mistakes - touching the net, serving out and playing on the opponent's side, 25:19.
It's time to separately celebrate the excellent play of ASK libero Sergei Melkozerov. He took it well before, and in the third set he simply knocked out all the faith in himself from Gazprom-Yugra’s servers, bringing almost everything to the setter's nose, what flew at him. Chereiskaya, true, filed an ace - but the victim was Markin, 6:4. Nikonenko delivers to the rope, ball, hanging, fell out, 7:6. But already through a practical joke, such a trick ends in success for Wendt - ace. The inspired Frenchman puts the second ball into the court from the service, this time it's clean, 7:9.
Somewhere around here a turning point came - Muzai begins to slip, and in the center of the grid are the people of Surgut, it seems, did not earn anything - neither by attacks, not a block. Such a feeling, that fortune turned away from the owners - non-obvious mistakes rained down, ridiculous bounces, and then Wendt turned on, to whom Petrovs provided the game on one block over and over again. Regular result - 19:25 after Pyatyrkin's pipe (by the way, ASK's pipe worked regularly, and Artem Khabibullin, despite the complete fiasco in the center of the net, didn’t even try to use him).
The fourth set is a continuation of the third. Muzay in the block, 4:8 – and the home team’s first time-out. Galimov, who replaced Shchadilov, shoots into touch, 7:10. Pirainen replaces Muzai, but it doesn’t help the situation - 10:14. With the score 17:22 cautious Igor Shulepov takes a time out - and ASK calmly brings the matter to victory, 18:25 – again the pipe puts an end to it, this time performed by Markin.
In the fifth set, the Surgut team, earning a break point, carefully brought him to the change of sides, 8:7. Muzai fails to score again, but the block stops Markin, 9:7. Wendt's attack into touch opens up good prospects for the hosts in the end, 12:10. But after the time-out the French diagonal is removed, Nizhny Novgorod team softens Galimov’s attack and equalizes the score through a pipe performed by Markin, 12:12. Sadakov catches Muzay with a block, 12:13. Dovgan restores balance, and Wendt becomes the hero of the end - at first he very confidently scores from the second zone, and then no less confidently serves straight through, 13:15.
Head coach of VC "ASK" (Nizhny Novgorod) Igor Shulepov:
The first two parties lost the case. Then the diagonal one began to help, the attack load has been redistributed, the unit started working. Did a pretty good job with Muzai, found certain counterarguments against it. And in Surgut the whole weather depends on it, on how he feels. Fifth game - lottery, but, Nevertheless, he wins, who will make fewer mistakes. Well done guys, played well, emotionally. Losing 0:2, you need to have strength and courage, to come back and win. Few people succeed. Our last game didn't inspire us very much, Now we're trying to fix it.
Captain of VC "ASK" (Nizhny Novgorod) Victor Nikonenko:
In the first two games we lacked a little serve, I had to figure out my game. It took a long time to figure it out, diagonal has been in play for a long time, but then everything grew together. There is coherence, emotions appeared. When we play without emotion, everything is very bad with us. They were good today, positive. When we won the game, understood, that we can do it all. Muzai didn't play well today, honestly, it worked to our advantage. During the fifth set we lost a couple of goals - but this is not a loss, it comes back easily - you can eat it and block it. Sashka Sadakov found the strength for the fifth game and began to cover. In such a nerve-wracking situation, the strongest wins, today we were stronger.
Senior coach of VC "Gazprom-Ugra" (Surgut) Yuriy Melnychuk:
Two games were played according to the setup, in the third game the opponent changed his position, began to use the center more. We couldn’t push their reception away from the net with our serve.. Our central ones were unable to oppose anything - not even with a block, no attack, that's why we failed two games. In the fifth game we had a chance to win, but, Unfortunately, no person found, which would solve key episodes. The defeat is painful, but we need to find the strength to continue playing, The championship does not end with one game.
2: 3 
Bitter (Nizhny Novgorod)Details
| Date | Time | Championship |
|---|---|---|
| 27.11.2019 | 19:00 | CR 2019-2020 |
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | GENERAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra) | 25 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 2 |
| Bitter (Nizhny Novgorod) | 23 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | S | K | E | FACING | B | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bitter (Nizhny Novgorod)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | S | K | E | FACING | B | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
