Swing in the playoffs

"Gazprom-Ugra" (Surgut): Kirillov – Papazov, Shevlyakov - Golovanov, Kostadinov - Masko, Nagaec

«New» (Novokuibyshevsk): Yovovich - Rybakov, Ananiev - Pado, Feoktistov - spirets, Eremin/Zalupov

In the first set, the guests failed at the start: Rybakov and Feoktists beat out, And the glasses of "NOVA" bring the mistakes of the Surgutians on the feed, 5:2. However, Ace Shpilev tried to revive the intrigue, 9:8. But then the owners have three breaks on the planners of the bloodless: There is no refinement, The Surgutian block works, 13:8. Further more: Series of Papazov, lack of admission at "new" and 17:9. Oleg Sogrin conducts a double replacement, but Litvinov and Terentyev can no longer fix anything. Ace Kostadinova brings set-Bol, 24:13, He puts an end to the feather, 25:14.

Litvinov and Terentyev remain in the second set in the “new”, Shcherbakov changes Ananyev. The first brack advantage guests catch a block on Masko, 4:6. Another block is papazova on an emergency ball, 6:9. Papazov (7:12), Ivanov changes Kirillov and immediately underestimates the program to Kostadinov in the second zone, The finisher couldn't even throw the ball over the rope. Papazov attacks into touch and gives way to Rudnev (7:14). Surgut residents grabbed onto the food, but have systematically forgotten how to serve. Only Ivanov fired an ace into the line, and Rudnev got another pre-game point (15:20), how Sogrin takes a time out. In the end, the hosts do not convert the freeball (16:22), what looks like a white flag. Rudnev sends the last point with a serve into touch, and this is the team's seventh error in this element in this set. "Nova" won the serve-receive, and with it the party.

In the third game on the court instead of Kostadinov - Rodichev. The captain of the Surgut team is forced to go out to play with minor injuries. Kirillov and Papazov are returning, and the fans are watching deja vu of the first set - 5:2 after Litvinov's shot went wide of the line. Surgut residents are increasing their momentum: Papazov scores a difficult goal, 7:3. He also closes the line to Shpilev one-on-one, 9:4. Kostadinov earns second ace with glider, Shpilev failed, 11:5. In the case of Andrei Titich.

Nagaets gives a super save to his partners, kicking Feoktistov's kick, but Rodichev doesn’t put the ball in the field, 13:8. The episode gives confidence to the guests, they almost succeed in the chase: Kostadinov swims in the reception, 14:9 on Feoktistov's serves they turn into 14:13. Double replacement at Gazprom-Yugra, Kostadinov is removed and Gazprom-Yugra again runs forward on gliders, now performed by Shevlyakov. Titich does not systematically help in attack, Rudnev and Kostadinov are good in play-offs, 19:13. Now super defense performed by the guests, Pado kicks up the Bloodless Shot, 19:15. Masko replaces Kostadinov, and the guests keep the acquired distance, 22:18. Beskrovny's ace has a demoralizing effect - those taking it missed it, thinking about going out, and the ball hit the line, 23:18. Surgut residents have turned on protection, guests entered the net, Litvinov took a chance on the emergency ball and came into the block, 25:19.

In the fourth game the situation unfolds again 180 degrees. AKSYUR, replaced Feoktistov, suffered with the reception, but compensated with attack, and the game of the Surgut residents is again gradually falling apart. Ivanov lowers his pass to Shevlyakov, Pado is disassembled for parts by Masko - Kostadinov returns to the site, and the account is already 4:8. The Nagai turns on the magic leg again, but salvation after Litvinov’s attack again does not bring dividends, 7:11. Nova's unit is working, The Nagaets can't cope with the pass, Kirillov changes Ivanova, and the score after Litvinov’s ace is already devastating, 8:16.

Rodichev doesn’t give up. Scores twice, and then a funny episode happens, which could turn the game around and theoretically lead to a comeback a la the second game of the match with Novaya in the first round, where the Surgutians conceded 8:17, but they won. The ball, after being defended by the Surgut team, flew along a high trajectory to the opponent's side towards the sideline, where are three: Litvinov, Eremin and nearby Sogrin, They quickly held a consultation and decided not to touch him. And the ball fell into the field. Kirillov immediately blocks Aksyutin, 12:16. Rodichev delivers a series of powerful serves: knocked out reception, ace, frivolity, finished by Kostadinov, 16:17. Another great serve... and Kirillov misses the passing ball, after which Surgut loses the final game as a whole, 16:18. This was truly a decisive episode: the chase ended there and fell apart - Kostadinov climbs into the net, then lets down the reception, 16:20. Aksyutin is reliable in the end for Nova, Rodichev disrupts the attack into touch (19:24), exchange of attacks in the center fixes the need to play a tiebreaker.

The guests have a better debut in the deciding set: two blocks to Rudnev, 2:4. Papazov returns to the court and the situation begins to unfold for the umpteenth time during the game: Kostadinov decides on the grid, Papazov saves in defense, and Eremen has a second gear error, 7:5. Rodichev insures the uninsurable and Papazov initiates the attack, 8:5. After switching sides, Kirillov distributed passes for a long time, tired and scored myself, 9:6. Papazov adds the Litvinov block to the collection, 10:7. Two more important ones, difficult to perform, but Papazov’s effective attacks, and Beskrovny forces Eremin to throw out the ball with a glider, 13:9.

Nova doesn't give up: Jovovich launches Pado from the three-meter line. On the emotions of a close victory, Kirillov plays slightly - his two low passes to Kostadinov on the back line lead to the loss of an important point, 13:11. Rodichev, in a difficult situation, drives the ball “under the skin” of the block from the spot, 14:11. On the first match point, the Surgut team earns a freeball, Kirillov decides to play him through the center - softening occurs and after a small skirmish Aksyutin gets a break, 14:12. On the second match point, Kostadinov is softened and Titich powerfully fights back from the block, 14:13. Last timeout of Gazprom-Yugra, after which Aksyutin faltered on serve: decided to just put the ball into play and... served out.

Comments after the game

Head coach of VC "Nova" Oleg Sogrin: I don't think, that some team is preparing for defeat. Let's go here, to try to beat your opponent, understood, that it will be difficult on this site. The match showed it. We started off very nervously, with a lot of errors, but little by little the game leveled off. In the fifth game the opponent was more fortunate. We could have received a little better, and, of course, it is necessary to implement on a single block. This is the ABC of volleyball: if you don't score, then they score on you. In the first part of the fifth game 2-3 they didn't get the ball, the opponent went ahead, we frantically caught up. Almost caught up, but, Unfortunately, made a mistake at the very end. This is life, athletes are not robots, I have nothing to blame them for, who was on the court in the fifth game. More questions for people, who started the match - you can’t start like that.

Finisher VK "Nova" Andrey Titich: This is our problem - lately we have been harnessing for a very long time and then we don’t always go quickly. Today we managed to turn it over. First set... it’s always hard in Surgut. Pleasant, that fans come to support their team, but it’s hard for us to play. Specific conditions, it's a little cold outside, I do not know. Really, we were getting ready, we really needed to win, what did the second game show?: got into the game. Let's be honest: we can do them. Teams of equal class. We have added wishes, cleaned up your mistakes somewhere, serve flew, pushed them away from the net and won the second game. Then the game was torn, swing, the fifth party summed up - 15:13. A little. Probably, everything was going that way, what should have been taken away, were psychologically more confident, but missed a couple of finishes in the middle of the set, missed the ball with an unnecessary ace and these 2-3 ball... I had to heroically catch up at the end, but they couldn't.

Senior trainer of VC Gazprom-Yugra Alexey Rudakov: We were preparing for a very difficult game, because this game decided a lot in the standings. Getting into the playoffs was at stake for them too, and for us. And the game was like this, nervous, with a lot of mistakes on both sides. Good, that we showed character. In the second set we missed several finishing goals, felt insecure because of this, and the opposing team, respectively, I perked up and everything went in the opposite direction. We've slowed down the flow, they didn't give much, the opponent attacked with good finishing. In the third set we slightly strengthened the serve, held her, We adjusted some aspects of tactics - this gave results. We got into the fourth set poorly, but almost got it, there was a bill 16:17 and we had a play-off. If we had finished her off, there would have been a turning point and there would have been a different result. We lost to them in the first round, Yes, and Surgut added emotionally, 17:8 and made a comeback. The same thing could happen now. But there we finished off, but not here. The emotional mood was very important, team spirit, who helped us at the end of the game. De jure, we haven’t made it to the playoffs yet, although we have very good chances. Therefore, all the remaining games are still very important.

Доигровщик ВК «Газпром-Югры» Виталий Папазов: Мы начали достаточно активно, хороший уровень держали, respectively, и результат был комфортный. it, probably, нас расслабило: после таких партий, when you win about ten points, Some kind of relaxation begins immediately. Our team is quite young in some “instances”, they still don’t know how to maintain proper concentration at all times. You always have to hold them like a taut string., it doesn't always work out. Fortunately, have corrected themselves, we have enough masculinity inside, to find yourself and show the right volleyball. Now I will find the strength in myself, so as not to gloat over “Novaya”, which is my principle rival... Novokuibyshevsk decided to somehow distort us, psychologically shake. As Pooh said, we started on the right side, reference to him. We don't really care, which side to play on, we train on all sides and know how to play. We are a great team.

Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra) 3: 2 NOVA (Novokuibyshevsk)

Details

Date	Time	Championship
15.02.2025	19:00	CR 2024-2025

Results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	GENERAL.
Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra)	25	18	25	20	15	3
NOVA (Novokuibyshevsk)	14	25	19	25	13	2

Venue

g. Surgut / SC "Premier Arena"

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

NOVA (Novokuibyshevsk)

1	2	3	4	5	S	K	E	FACING	B	PTS
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0