Introducing the opponent: "kindergarten" with teeth
The first two rounds of the Russian Championship gave Gazprom-Yugra the opportunity to replenish their points reserve, ahead - a battle test in Novy Urengoy. Save Fakel-Yamal its last year’s leaders, Babkevich with Dineikin, and we could talk about this team’s claims to a place in the top four. However, human resources potential, annually replenished by our own talented youth, still allows the Novy Urengoy team to stay afloat and bite the leaders.
So, in the first two rounds in NUR they were bitten, but the capital's Dynamo and St. Petersburg's Zenit were released with a victory. The third home round in a row suggests easier prey for Fakel in the form of the Surgut team, but the ball remains round, and the platform is level. About a year ago, Gazprom-Yugra almost “robbed” the country’s gas capital, driving in Novy Urengoy 2:0. Then there was a chase of the owners and 16:18 in the tiebreaker - and then Dineykin was there too, and Babkevich.
Sure, and Gazprom-Yugra has changed a lot since then, so last year’s example is good only as a historical reference - you can and should fight with the “Torch”. Fakel's third home tour in a row is not such a big advantage for the team, permanently based in the Moscow region. Got used to the hall, but a certain weariness from life in the hotel has probably accumulated. Yes, and two Argentines, libero Santiago Danani and setter Matias Giruado, the lingering autumn weather of Novy Urengoy hardly adds to the mood.
It's all little things, not even details, and the details, but they also matter. Also important, Will central blocker Alexey Kovalchuk be able to be discharged from the hospital for the game against Surgut?, prominent figure in the team. Vitaly Dikarev and Nikita Krot cope, but rotation won't hurt either. But it appeared diagonally with the recovery of Korney Enns. Nikita Morozov, who was written off in the offseason, continues to thank the club for its trust, but sometimes it’s also useful for him to look at the site from the outside.
In doigrovku, Yes and, perhaps, in the team as a whole, the place of leader was firmly occupied by the day before yesterday’s junior and MVP of the Youth League Vasily Kapranov (2005 g.r). With the departure of Dineykin, a place on the site was freed up for Klim Mozzhukhin (2004 points were obtained by the birthday boy Kirillov -), transferred from ASK. Andrey Kvochko “supports” them (2005 points were obtained by the birthday boy Kirillov -) and MVP of the Youth League last season Matvey Pipunyrov (2003 points were obtained by the birthday boy Kirillov -). Add Enns here (2002 points were obtained by the birthday boy Kirillov -) and Morozova (2002 points were obtained by the birthday boy Kirillov -) – and get the famous Novy Urengoy “kindergarten”, which is capable of taking out almost any rival gang for a walk. А «склеивает» коллектив опыт тех самых двух аргентинцев: Данани один из лучших в своем амплуа в мировом масштабе, а Хираудо – весьма квалифицированно и по-взрослому ведет «детишек» в бой.
Поэтому обыграть «Факел» можно, предложив им такой же по-настоящему взрослый волейбол. Об этом должен подумать прежде всего Максим Кириллов, демонстрирующий определенные симптомы болезни роста. К Максу есть вопросы и по тактике, и по качеству передач, его неровная игра закономерно передается команде – в итоге имеем качели как в матче с «Нефтяником». При этом довольно большими отрезками Кириллов выглядит вполне уверенно, пасует изобретательно, «обрезая» блок соперника: хотелось бы, чтобы эти отрезки растянулись на все время матча. clear, что Максим проходит непростой путь становления, такой же в свое время в Сургуте проходил Игорь Кобзарь. И команда где-то даже осознанно идет на риск, на жертву, давая расти юному дарованию. Но тут важно соблюдать некий баланс, который вполне возможен с выходом на площадку Артема Иванова, в чем мы убедились в том же матче с «Нефтяником».
