"Belogorye" is higher class

"Gazprom-Ugra": Slavi Kostadinov – Nikiforov, Shevlyakov - Tkachev, Rodichev: Alexander Kostadinov, Moiseev

"Belogorye": Poroshin – Podrebinkin, Yakovlev – Melnikov, Tetyukhin - Marchenko, Budyukhin

“Belogorye” arrived in Surgut without Mohamed Al Khachdadi, Nikita Nagaets returned to the host team, he was declared, but didn’t go to the site. His namesake Vishnevetsky tried on a field uniform and a couple of times came out instead of Kostadinov to help on the back line.

The game started with 0:3 after Ace Melnikov, and so it continued - with a good handicap for the guests. Surgut's Nikiforov and Rodichev struggled in attack, which did not allow him to get hooked on the account. And the guests were also lucky - Podrebinkin barely threw the emergency ball to the rope, he sprung and fell past the block into the platform, 9:15.

Shevlyakov blocked Yakovlev in the center of the net with a single block, 11:15, but Nikiforov, in turn, fell under Marchenko’s single block, 12:17. Another surprise: Moiseev blocked access to the ball by falling, and Bobrov, who replaced Rodichev, ran away to prepare for the attack - the ball fell again without control, 13:19.

Alexander Kostadinov pulled balls in defense three times in one rally, but Marchenko is relentless, no blow - so discount, 15:21. Litvinov appeared instead of Nikiforov, got back from the block, Tkachev made Tetyukhin make a mistake with his flat glider, 18:22. But these are all episodes, systematic work on the guests' side, Yakovlev’s attack and Kostadinov’s block put an end to it.

We started the second set with Litvinov and Bobrov and for some time stayed in the opponent’s wake. Let's go lingering draws, in which Litvinov and Kostadinov found their chances. Tkachev knocks Tetyukhin out of the move again, Kirillov hammers in the passing ball, 9:8, Surgut team take the lead for the first time in the match.

For some time the rivals are on par, demonstrating a double-edged game to the delight of the audience, but it starts to malfunction at Litvinov’s, and Bobrov can’t do anything with a pass aimed at the block, 13:17, and gives way to Serov. He has more opportunities to prove himself, but everything is past. Kick out, reception failure, serve out, 15:21. In the end, Vishnevetsky replaces Kostadinov on the back line, and young Lapshin is scheduled to replace Marchenko on the front line. Lapshin was overzealous in his desire to pass the block on the held ball, Podrebinkin hits the block - 21:24 and the first timeout of “Belogorye”, after which Ivan is accurate, 21:25.

In the second set, the Surgut team failed as the second finisher, so Rodichev expectedly returned to the court in the third game. And he immediately got back from blocking a heavy ball at the end of a very long rally with numerous chances for both sides and excellent blocking play, 1:1. Episodes like this lift your spirit., but Litvinov and Shevlyakov cannot cope with the block, at the Demakov site, and the account is 1:4. Another case for Litvinov, 4:9. Slavi Kostadinov finally delivers his signature serve, completion of the game - brother Alexander takes the second touch from the back line into touch, 6:11. Subsequently, Kostadinov corrected himself in attack, but the score is lost again, 9:15 after pure Eis from Yakovlev. Tkachev fights in defense like a real libero after his own serve - but this time Rodichev does not beat the block, 11:17.

The last flash: Rodichev - ace, Demakov is the nail after an excellent one-handed pass on the net ball from Kirillov, 15:19. Poroshin gives his strikers comfort, Rodichev – can’t find a clearing in a difficult situation, 17:23. This is the main difference: Belgorod residents, through team actions below and the efforts of Poroshin, create favorable conditions for an attack, we have the same quality of reception and, Evgeny Rukavishnikov has questions about the quality and tactics of passes, gears below. Therefore, individual heroic outbursts do not solve anything significant, "Belogorye" keeps the threads of the game in class. Even Poroshin’s pass off-tempo has no meaning, 19:24. Teams exchange service errors, 20:25.

Comments after the game:

Head coach of VC "Belogorye" Sergey Baranov: The attack in the center went a little wrong, but this was compensated by the block, protection and quite confident around the edges. I would like there to be a little less errors in the submission., still a bit much. Honestly, expected resistance, set up well. I think, if only we lost concentration a little, would immediately pay for it.

Captain of the Belogorye VC Pavel Tetyukhin: We didn't expect, that we can win so easily, we came here with that attitude, that the opposing team shows a good level, a lot of young guys, The Kostadinov brothers are terrifying. They played well in Novosibirsk, so we had expectations of a strong fight.

Today we played block defense well, they served well, but there was room for improvement in reception and attack. We didn't notice Mohamed's loss today, Vanek is great, broke in well, and high, and fast balls... Okay, that before Novosibirsk we had such a check in Surgut, that we passed it.

How I played - it’s generally... I was scolded for the word “vibe”, so I’ll say about my game - it’s a complete cringe. Therefore, let people slowly learn new words. Next time I'll say something cool. The team comes out to fight, fight. We scream, let's bring, even if something doesn't work out. But today there were no such moments, where we were very unsuccessful in production. There were just a lot of ridiculous touches, which could turn into high-quality good follow-ups. There's an attack somewhere, there's a reception somewhere... I personally didn't like my reception. With serves, which I usually deal with, something was twitching today. Here, probably, The slightly thin air in Surgut had its effect, somewhere one eye closes during the reception, somewhere the concentration drops... Thank God, command helped, didn't leave me in trouble.

(Regarding Cretu's departure) The team has mobilized, rallied, everyone wants to show something, to offset the departure of the coach. I need to say thank you to Sergei Andreevich, for the fact that he entered this post very smoothly, very clear, without any sudden movements... A very hard job really fell on him, but he and the entire coaching staff are great, smoothed out the departure of the head coach for us.

Senior trainer of VC Gazprom-Yugra Alexander Chefranov: We expect something more from game to game., but today every start of the game was a failure. Start off 0:4, 1:5 with a team of this class... It's hard to catch up, block on Ropavka, when the opponent puts pressure and plays much cleaner, than we are. Which game we already have a large number of our own marriage.

The opposing team acted according to our analysis, but we couldn't cope on our own, did not win the playoffs, could not organize the block correctly. No need to look, how the opponent plays, you have to play by yourself. We are not showing our game yet, the, what we gain in training, we can’t put it on the site.

Marchenko has a phenomenal jump and high speed in attack, we considered him as a second option in attack. When Marchenko is on the line, respectively, the block switched to other attackers. Therefore, he had the opportunity to look good in attack.

Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra) 0: 3 Belogorie (Belgorod)

match stats

Details

Date	Time	Championship
08.11.2025	19:00	CR 2025-2026

Results

Team	1	2	3	GENERAL.
Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra)	19	21	20	0
Belogorie (Belgorod)	25	25	25	3

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

Belogorie (Belgorod)

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