Overcame yourself and your opponent

"Orenburg" (Orenburg): Kupryashkin – Khlyakin, Alexandrov – Tkachenko, Ubiparip – Kudryashov, Maksimenko/Davletshin

"Gazprom-Ugra" (KhMAO-Yugra): Kostadinov village - Nikiforov, Shevlyakov - Andreev, A. Kostadinov – Kuklinsky, Moiseev/Nagaets

Full-fledged comebacks rarely happen in volleyball, and then there was another comeback - in a tiebreaker, from 4:8. However, last season we played with Orenburg, then still "Neftyanik", played more. But let's go in order.

We started confidently in the first game. Two aces (Alexander Kostadinov and Kuklinsky), Khlyakin block - 12:8. Maksimenko heroically saved the ball almost from the wall of the hall, catching a chair along the way, but it didn't help - 13:8. A little later, a knee strike on a piece of furniture will cause the libero pain., and he will give way to Davletshin, but for now Maxim is in business. true, "Orenburg" concedes - Nikiforov's attack is torn off in defense from the floor with the second touch with his foot, but Kostadinov finishes with a pipe, 15:10.

Cloudless sky, only the owners are trying somehow suspiciously. at level 12:16 they have Timofey Pavlov as their pitcher and now 16:16 - Slavi did not score, Kuklinski was caught by a block. OK, the guests make another push: Shevlyakov throws away the passing ball after a successful return to Bobrov's serve, 20:17. Orenburg region has reliable Khlyakin, and Slavi spreads him perfectly - two sudden attacks by Shevlyakov plus Nikiforov on one block, 24:21.

What fatal could happen here?? Khlyakin starred, and then Slavi decided to finish everything through a pipe with his brother - but he didn’t calculate the pace and in the end we got a finish from the same Khlyakin, 24:23. Slavi already tried to do exactly the same thing at the end of one of the recent matches and with the same result. Meanwhile, Rodichev does not beat the forest of hands, 24:24. We stopped this swing at the mark 28:26, when, after a clearing serve, Slavi Khlyakin was stopped on a narrow ball. But the owners promptly take a look and the easiest thing is discovered, like a breath of wind, touching the net by our blocker when landing. Pure bad luck, you can't call it a mistake.

After some time, Slavi again makes controversial decisions: gives the decisive goals to Kuklinski twice, who returned to the site instead of Rodichev - block, out and 29:31, self-made victory.

Gazprom-Yugra started the second set, as if nothing happened, except with Kirillov, Demakov and Rodichev on the court: 6:3 after Khlyakina's kick into touch, looking for a hand. Rodichev scores an ace on Maksimenko and he leaves the field with pain in his knee - a consequence of heroism in the first set. And Rodichev is delayed in serving: Demakov covers Ubiparipa in the second zone, Alexandrov hits out, 10:4.

Then another viewing, and again not in our favor - Kirillov touches the net. And again the picture of the world unfolds on 180 degrees: Davletshin is excellent in defense, master block wakes up, blocked the sky from both edges of the net on an unimpressive reception from the Surgut team, 11:9. We begin our escape again, took two breaks, 14:10, but only then, to give the hosts an equalizer at the same level, as in the first batch, 16:16 after Nikiforov's kick into touch. Litvinov comes out instead of Kirill and hits without blocking (Slavi is well done) equalizes the score, 19:19. Yutsevich breaks the distance at the end with an ace, replaced Kudryashov in the first game, 20:22. We cannot reduce this break gap to set points, 22:24, and on the first of them Litvinov misses the field, 22:25.

The evening finally ceases to be languid. Slavi lost his serve, owners, sensing an imminent victory, are fierce in defense, 2:4. Slavi remembers Nikiforov, he is good in attack and serve - Yutsevich hits out of bounds with a knocked down move, 7:5. Then Moiseev makes fiction, pulling out Khlyakin’s most powerful blow in line – Kupryashkin decides, what will he do better in attack - out, 8:5 and a chance for Rukavishnikov. Moiseev works miracles again, but Nikiforov doesn’t thank him this time, and Ubiparip with Ace almost ends the chase, 9:8. We're sinking again? The Kostadinov brothers have their own opinion - Alexander removes the emergency ball, Slavi finally gets an ace, 12:9. Shevlyakov plays defense in a formation without a libero, Rodichev unscrews the ball from the block, 15:11.

The owners are again trying to get, iconic moment on 16:14 – Orenburg saves the ball in defense, but there is no one to throw him over the net, three players looking at each other, the ball falls. This is demoralizing. And then Rukavishnikov lowered the allotted zone for Alexandrov and he did not beat the rope, 19:15. we, of course, They also tickled the nerves of themselves and the fans - the block met Kostadinov, and Khlyakin hit an ace, 20:19. Before this, Slavi once again almost caught the end line with his serve., he had a million such serves in the match - you could watch it, but the views have burned out by this point. Time out left, after which Nagaets fought off Yutsevich, and Kostadinov cleverly rolled into a cauldron, 21:19.

Rodichev drove the ball under the skin, 22:20. Slavi out of despair - there was no one else to hit - the blockout was won back, 24:21. Well, I threw it off, having felt the taste, decisive ball - no chance for the opponent, 25:22.

The start of the fourth game was hot, like the whole match. The returning Kupryashkin saved the ball from our side after Slavi’s clearing serve, the hosts won this uplifting rally through Yutsevich, but the video review recorded the setter's foot on our side of the court. Then we give freeball on Khlyakin's serve, but we fight back and Nikiforov scores. The score is not that important, important, that we responded to the powerful impulse of the owners with our aggression, good mobility and focus.

And then the previously almost flawless Khlyakin got hooked. First, Andreev caught him with a block (6:3), and then Alexander Kostadinov also prescribed a single “pot” (9:5). Khismatullin came out to save Orenburg - or Volvich began to prepare in advance for the tiebreaker? Whatever it was, on the site - beauty: both teams are weak in defense, we have beautiful Moiseev again, and Shevlyakov puts the point, 11:6.

And again - great: Slavi serves into the net, Kostadinov hits touch, Nikiforova covers the block, 11:9. Alexander corrects himself by hitting the edge on a difficult ball, Nikiforov also scores, albeit on the third try in the draw, 13:10. Immediately Yutsevich does not fit the pipe into the field, Kostadinov demonstrates his solo blocking skills again, the victim this time was Ubiparip, 17:12. И еще одно чистое исполнение Александра на аварийном мяче по краю блока и пропасти, 18:12.

Вместо Убипарипа выходит Кудряшов и сразу – эйс. Слави решает, что можно и забить, но трос против, 18:15. But this time there is a reserve - and in glasses, and as a game. Nikiforov is being filmed, Kostadinov, But not Slavi, hits the perfect ace, which we get only after watching, 22:17. In the ending, Slavi finds Shevlyakov twice, and Nikiforov, who has returned to machine mode, puts an end to it, 25:19.

“Orenburg” starts the fifth set with experience, that is, with all my might. The two previous matches made them understand, that only one hundred percent dedication can help. And she helps: 4:8 to change sides. The hosts offered a powerful serve, Rodichev doesn’t save us on the allocated balls, Shevlyakov hits out...

Moiseev lifts Kupryashkin's attack, Rodichev pushes a difficult ball out of the block, 6:8. "Orenburg" immediately takes a time out. We again chronically do not serve, and eating won’t help you catch up with your opponent, 7:10. But eating is not easy: it's our turn to pull the ball from the other side, and in the overture, Alexander Kostadinov stops Khlyakin, 8:10. The hosts get another play-out - this time Khlyakin does not place the ball in an oblique diagonal, 9:11.

Then fantasy begins in its purest form. Slavi serves powerfully, but Nikiforov is caught with a freeball block, in turn, Alexander Kostadinov fights off Yutsevich in defense, but the ball flies behind the referee's stand to the opponent's side, from where Nikiforov returns him in the fall. Another attempt by Yutsevich - block! Slavi doesn't serve, Alexander is filming, 11:12. We have freeball again and miss again, but Yutsevich again does not replay the block. But instead of a draw, 12:12, the most important ball goes to the home team - video review again (!) finds a tiny hook on the net from Rodichev, 11:13.

The owners rejoice, Rodichev receives a yellow card, but on the set he answers like a captain. To begin with, it is removed by hand, 12:13. Then he works on defense, but Ubiparip, back in the game, on the second attempt Orenburg gets two match points. Первый отыгрывает Никифоров, после того как Родичев страхует отскок от блока ногой. А затем капитан закрывает блоком Хлякина, 14:14. Никифоров отлично подает, Родичев первый на переходящем мяче, 15:14. И еще раз – блок Хлякину, на этот раз дуэтом, Родичев и Андреев.

Sure, хозяева в концовке поплыли. Немного раньше времени поверили в успех, а затем эти нервы не сумели вновь зажать в кулак. А наши не поплыли после двух проигранных сетов, в которых имели все шансы на успех. Не летела подача, обстукан блок, соперник хорош – мы все перетерпели и все исправили. Сегодня каждый из наших игроков побывал в фазе преодоления – и внешних обстоятельств, и себя самого. Справились. Все вместе, team. Победа на характере – так это называется. У нас временами может не быть игры, но характер точно имеется, и довольно внушительных размеров.

Orenburg region (Orenburg) 2: 3 Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra)

match stats

Details

Date	Time	Championship
02.02.2026	19:00	CR 2025-2026

Results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	GENERAL.
Orenburg region (Orenburg)	31	25	22	19	14	2
Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra)	29	22	25	25	16	3

Venue

g. Orenburg

Orenburg region (Orenburg)

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