Club of "formers" in Surgut
The January calendar continues its gallop, but we are still in the saddle! Already on Monday, a new test awaits us - Dynamo-Ural from Ufa will come to Surgut. The most, perhaps, "Surgut" Super League team, not to mention, properly, "Gazprom-Yugry". Count for yourself: The place of the second central was taken by a native of Nizhnevartovsk Maxim Kosmin, Krsmanovich, Chanchikov, Yakutin, Skvortsov, Pirainen - they all played for us. Ursov and Krsmanovich - in general, can say, team legends, Skvortsov is our student.
Well, senior coach Anton Malyshev played and coached in Surgut. May be, This influx of “former” people is connected with him? At all, “Dynamo-Ural” is also the main mystery of the Super League for me. From season to season, they buy great players wholesale and retail., foreign players like Uros Kovacevic or Milad Ebadipour, but as a result, as the season progresses, they face serious gaming problems. The exception was last season., when the team rose to seventh place. And this year it’s twenty-five again, more precisely – five wins and a place on the verge of play-out.
To put up with this situation in Ufa, of course, are not going to. During the season, Dutch veteran with an Italian passport, Dick Koy, was dismissed, played for Boris Kolchin back in the capital's Dynamo. And although the current pair of finishers Kirill Ursov - Ilya Spodobets looks very confident, Dynamo-Ural decided to play it safe and invited the young Iranian Puria Hossein Khanzadeh from the Italian Civitanova. He agreed, because in Italy he has little playing time. Khanzadeh was supposed to arrive in Russia in the coming days and, honestly, I wouldn't be surprised, seeing him in Surgut. But information appeared, that Civitanova did not release the player, he left the club without permission. How things really are is unknown, but now the horizon for the appearance of the Iranian, famous for his power delivery, in Dynamo-Ural is moving beyond the upcoming game.
But we will probably see a different striking force on the court, which we haven’t encountered yet this season: main diagonal Roman Potalyuk recovered from injury. When he's in shape, that poses a formidable threat. Another thing, that Roman is just gaining it and judging by the last game with Novosibirsk Lokomotiv, is still far from its peak. However, we will see, what the player will show in Surgut.
so, we have a drum trio Potaluk-Spodobets-Ursov. Former captain of Gazprom-Yugra, by the way, not so much about the blow, how much about roleplaying, deception, discount. On occasion Kirill, of course, and can hit the ball, but no less loves and knows how to work with the hands of blockers. Spodobets in general, in my opinion, one of the country's underestimated players for various reasons, he has huge potential. In the center is Petar Krsmanovic, a lover of attacks., powerful Egor Yakutin or already gained experience Artem Melnikov. Para libero - a dream: Roman Bragin and Alexey Chanchikov. The ensemble is led by Andrey Ushkov, a native of the Fakel system., on the safe side - Belgorod “project” in the “high binder” niche (206 cm) Kirill Chekmizov. And this whole gang will try their best to beat us, because the, anyway, Now we are direct competitors in the fight for a place in the playoffs.
Nevertheless, There is no need to be afraid of Dynamo-Ural, he should be played from a position of strength, dictating your terms, starting from filing. Basically, we have everything for a successful game with the Ufa team, and from Yaroslavl we brought invaluable experience in pulling out the toughest matches (and nerves among the fans). Only the fourth zone causes some concern, where, through constant rotation of the trio Alexander Kostadinov - Alexey Rodichev - Pavel Kuklinsky, they have so far managed to balance, but overall power is still lacking. Also, in recent games the play in the center has somewhat diminished., which is fraught with an organized bloc in the regions. I think, the coaching staff knows better than me about all the strengths and weaknesses of their team, and opponent, so I'll just add, that physical freshness will decide a lot. Who can keep it better in this game rhythm?, he will receive a certain bonus on the site.
An obvious bonus for Gazprom-Yugra should be the native walls and fans, loudly pushing for victory in the match with Yenisei. There is, true, fear, what 12 January – the first working day after the New Year holidays, and people may not have time to get ready for 17 hours at the Premier Arena. hope, that real fans will still find the opportunity to personally support the team and there will be enough of them, so that our guys feel that same seventh player behind them.
