Birthday victory
Big volleyball has returned to Surgut! Not yet optimal, Autumn format, когда команды только пробуют терафлекс на прочность новыми «Воларами». However, it was still very interesting.
"Gazprom-Ugra" – «New» 3:0 (25:17, 25:23, 25:23)
Kirillov - Nikiforov, Shevlyakov - Demakov, Rodichev - A. Kostadinov, Moiseev
Terentyev - Shkulyavichus, Renters - Pado, Savin - Polochan, Eremin
The team of the head coach Rafael Khabibullin, the team celebrated a victory, Immediately starting for health on the presentations of Alexander Kostadinov - 6:1. Guests in a good way could not recover from this knockdown. Ace Pado cheered up the situation a little (12:8), But the owners offered a very good movement on the site, And Kirillov correctly distributed the load between the edges and the center. I liked the loading of Moses, And the team as a whole looked very cheerful for the start of the season. at level 19:11 As part of the double replacement, Slavs of Kostadins and Denis Litvin debuted, who immediately stabbed without a block from the transmission of Kostadinov, But Alexander, a beautifully pulled out block on the attack of an attack, 20:11. The first set passed as clockwork.
In the second batch, the Surgutians were starting, 1:3, but immediately worked out in defense and Rodchev aligned the balance, 4:4. Ace Shevlyakov along the line, 6:4. Ace Nikiforova – 8:5. Savin is covered with a block, Kirillov scores from the program of the opponent, 12:7. However, Repeating the defeat did not occur, "Nova" clung to as best, and our efficiency has decreased in the fourth zone, 17:15. Shkulevicius decided twice due to experience, 21:19, Shevlyakov once again demonstrated excellent interaction with Kirillov, scoring behind the head, 22:19. Slavi came out to serve and gave Nikiforov a finishing chance - 23:19! You can exhale? Shkulyavichus and Savin, experience and experience, 23:22. Kirillov is not afraid of anything and trusts Demakov, 24:22. Nikiforov shoots the first set point with a serve into touch, but on the second he shoots Eremina in the attack, 25:23.
Remember about validol and swings? All this was present in abundance in the third set. At first 4:7 we turn into 8:8. On ace Pado ace (second in the set!) Slavi Kostadinov answers, came out to pass in the third game, 12:11. Then we can’t do anything with Semshchikov’s gliders: reception is chronically lame, attacking powers on high balls take a sudden time-out. Serov replaces the tired Rodichev, but also knocking on the block, 14:19.
However, it was Serov, native of Novokuibyshevsk, deprives fellow countrymen of comfort in the end: takes off and scores the passing ball after Kirillov, who came on as part of a double substitution, serves, 16:19. And then produces a series of neat, but accurate serves, on which the shooting of “Nova” is already stalled. 20:20 then the Kostadinova block on Shkulyavičuse. Litvinov leads the Surgut team forward, Savin equals, 21:21 and complicates the serve - now Kostadinov does not solve the problem, 21:22. In nervous rallies, Litvinov gets his way by bouncing off the block twice, and Pado’s kick into touch brings Gazprom-Yugra two match points. The first one spoils it with Demakov’s serve out., the second one does not pass through the center of the mesh, but Shkulevicius is cautious, and Kostadinov answers with a discount.
The quality of the opponents' play at the start of the season was, so to speak, above expectations. “Nova” liked the youth in the person of Polochanin and Pado, the class of Shkulyavichus and Savin speaks for itself. But the owners, traditionally difficult to roll into the season, this time there were more weighty arguments. Was seen, that the team did a great job not only on physics. However, It’s too early to draw conclusions based on one game, although it's still nice to start with a victory. Congratulations to everyone on the first game of the season and on the first victory! And the head coach of Gazprom-Yugra Rafael Khabibullin - happy birthday! The team took into account, that Rafael Talgatovich does not wear ties.
Comments after the game:
Head coach of VK "Nova" Oleg Mikanovich: We need to fill out the form a little later, not now. Today's game is a bit chaotic, the start was not very pleasant. We made a lot of our own mistakes, then they seemed to return to the game, but in the third set a series of unforced easy errors did not give us the opportunity to win the set and continue the fight. A lot of your own marriage, and in easy situations: there's a bad lining somewhere, not that transmission. There is something to work on.
Coach of VC Gazprom-Yugra Alexander Chefranov: First of all, on behalf of the entire team, I would like to congratulate our head coach on his birthday, Rafael Talgatovich. Gave a good gift. By games - that, what we have gained, the, basically, and showed. There is, of course, what to work on. That's why these games are considered as a preparatory stage. But at the same time, we face challenges: find your game and make it to the next stage of the tournament. We will clean up the mistakes, because there are quite a lot of simple mistakes, which we should no longer allow.
Captain of the Gazprom-Yugra VC Alexey Rodichev: One of the positives today is our first home victory. We started well. There were moments, where we played well, Great, competently, but there were also moments, where we lost goals in simple situations. These situations need to be brought to automaticity, so we don't do this again. We will gain experience with every game, make connections, remove errors and there will be growth in the future, as technical, and tactical. We have a lot of new guys and they wanted to prove their worth through the game., worked with great desire. And from this great desire, probably, and these unforced errors.
3: 0 
NOVA (Novokuibyshevsk)Details
| Date | Time | Championship |
|---|---|---|
| 19.09.2025 | 19:00 | KR 2026 |
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | GENERAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| NOVA (Novokuibyshevsk) | 17 | 23 | 22 | 0 |
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 |
"Fakel-Yamal" – MSTU 3:2 (19:25, 25:21, 25:23, 22:25, 15:13)
Ivanov – Morozov, Tarasenko – Mole, Kapranov – Pipunyrov, Meek, Andreev
Jos - Shkredov, Ganenko - Sytyuk, Shchadilov – Korotaev, Iskhakov, Frolov
In the first match of the day, Fakel-Yamal, without match practice and foreign players, met against MSTU with two friendly tournaments behind them.. In the first set, this difference in practice was noticeable to the naked eye. Yamal people conceded a lot, 9:17, when Egor Kazbanov appeared on the court instead of Ivanov. Towards the end the gap grew a little more, 13:22, but then “Fakel” started to peck at something and the final score of the set no longer looked so devastating, 19:25.
This trend carried over into the second set.. At first, Muscovites were not allowed to build on their success after the “planned” leap forward on Roman Zhos’ serve, 0:3. Secondly, in the middle of the set, the Novy Urengoy team took the lead for the first time, when the block of Kazbanov and Tarasenko covered Shchadilov, 14:13. Kapranov had a blast at Fakel, and the Muscovites' attackers began to act up - largely thanks to that, that the opponent's serve moved them away from the net. Kapranov got the decisive break with an ace (21:17), and the ending turned into a serial mutual marriage on the serve.
In the third game, the equal game first swung towards MSTU - a block to Kapranov and an ace from Shchadilov, 16:19. Muscovites have a huge number of finishes, the only problem is with the implementation, which ultimately restored balance on the scoreboard. Shchadilov's shot into touch and Shkredov's shot into the block finally broke the logic of the game. Or, vice versa, restored it: if you don't score, they score on you, 25:23.
In the fourth set, MSTU escapes on Zhosya's serves with 9:10 on 9:14, The block of Muscovites also worked well. Joss, the whole match was trying on the first tempo, begins to implement his plans, Kazbanov doesn’t work in the center. Ace Korotaeva seems to sign the verdict - 10:18. But then Zhos began to look for new heights in transmissions and not always successfully, on ace issued Pipunyrov and Kapranov - 19:22. “Fakel” almost succeeded, but still Muscovites had enough fuel, to reach the tiebreaker.
And again the hit parade of mistakes is not a reproach to the teams, such is autumn volleyball. Kovalchuk hooked his fingertip into Shkredov's out-of-bounds attack, and instead 7:4 in favor of “Fakel” on the scoreboard 6:5. But Shkredov "persevered" - he did not serve and hit an out, 8:5. After changing sides, the Yamal residents kept their distance for some time. After two saves in defense and Kapranov’s luck in attack, it seemed, that the turning point has happened, 10:6. But no... Krot and Pipunyrov do not find a platform in the attack, 11:10. Morozov during the counting 12:11 He hits out at, "Torch" takes a look and finds a microscopic touch on the block, in response, Maxim Tereshin takes his look and discovers his opponent’s spade, 12:12. Morozov and Shkredov are trading, 13:13. Kozitsyn once again sends his simple, but an ultra-reliable mesh glider, 14:13. "Torch" drags Korotaev's pipe, and Kovalchuk and Kapranov cover Shkredov’s block.
Behind the abundant amount of defects on both sides, fragments of high-quality volleyball were occasionally visible. But, perhaps, none of those on the site on both sides were remembered with any clear “plus”, nor a deep departure into the “minus”. There's a lot of work ahead. The good news is, that both teams are capable of significantly improving and will probably do so.
