"Hitch" of the season

After losing to Zenit St. Petersburg in the qualifying round of the playoffs, Gazprom-Yugra faces the last test of the season - two rounds of games for 9-12 seats. The first round starts 12 April in Sosnovy Bor, The rivals of the Surgut team will be the local Dynamo-LO, Shakhtar Soligorsk and Nova Kuibyshevsk.

Previously, in the national championship, a similar format was provided only for teams, fighting for survival within the so-called play-out. The incentive is clear there: stay in the Super League. What incentive will the teams find?, playmakers from ninth to twelfth places? open question, but no one canceled the professional attitude towards the game. We have a position, probably, the simplest: at the end of the regular season we are twelfth, so it won't get any worse, we can only improve the final position.

All participants in the mini-tournament are most likely in an emotional decline. “Nova” almost knocked out “Kuzbass” in the fight for the quarterfinals, "Dynamo-LO" fought on equal terms with the current semi-finalist "Fakel", Shakhtar also probably counted on a different outcome of the confrontation with Yenisey.. There is probably emotional devastation and now you have to literally force yourself to go out onto the court. Our attempt to stop Zenit ended in the first match in Surgut, the second match had all the signs of the season ending right here and now.

therefore, probably, it makes no sense to describe the strengths and weaknesses of teams. At first, they are well known. Secondly, he will win, who will be able to pull some emotions out of themselves into nothing on the ribbon of the season against the background of fatigue, in fact, not decisive games. However, once again about professionalism: going out and playing is work, which you should try to do well in any circumstances. And fans will get six more games from their favorite teams., coaches - food for thought, the players themselves are a good “cool-down” before the vacation.