First defeat of YUKIOR
18.12.2024 / 21:00
The fourth round games in the Youth Volleyball League started in Surgut. YUKIOR and SSOR "Samotlor" exchanged opponents in the first two days in the person of St. Petersburg "Zenit-2" and "Dynamo-LO-2" from Sosnovy Bor.
On the first day, the Nizhnevartovians defeated Dynamo, not without problems 3:1, And our guys beat Zenit-2 with the same score. On the second day of SSHOR “Samotlor” they defeated the St. Petersburg team dry, but YUKIOR brought a sensation with a minus sign, losing in the tiebreaker to Dynamo-LO-2.
In the first two games, the opponents exchanged victories on balance, 25:23. The third game was relatively easy for the Surgut team, 25:15, what, probably, somewhat relaxed the young players. In the fourth set there was another tough fight, in the end we lost 19:23, but managed to level the score. But don't win the set, 23:25.
In the tiebreaker we had every chance to end the match in our favor, he says 13:11, but lost four goals in a row. What caught my eye? We made a lot of mistakes on serve, until, towards the end of the match, we voluntarily switched to control at the expense of power. It worked - we gained breaks on simple gliders, catching the opponent with a block. Didn't score many final goals, Dynamo did a good job of softening and insuring. What contributed to the predictability of YUKIOR’s passes?, the lion's share of which flew to the fourth zone, where Georgy Serov did not have the best match, Yes, and Fidan Gusanov suffered on aimed balls.
The second round of the tour is ahead after a day of rest, in which our guys will have a chance to make adjustments to the game. The first defeat had to happen sooner or later, but we hoped, that this will not happen in Surgut. However, and defeats bring benefits - if you draw the right conclusions from them.
0: 3 
YUKIOR (KhMAO-Yugra)
Dinamo-LO-2 (Pinery)
