Everything will be decided in Surgut

«Ярославич» (Yaroslavl): Sventitskis – Potoroczyn, Chivel - Kassel, Kutlunin – Khrustalev, Dragunov/Smorodinov

"Gazprom-Ugra" (Yugra): S. Kostadinov – Yurinsky, Golovanov – Tkachev, Rodichev – Panov, Moiseev/Nagaets

The opponents entered the match with losses in their lineups: The hosts are unavailable due to injuries, both foreign players, we are still without Nikiforov and Shevlyakov. The pair from Tyumen, Yurinsky and Panov, played almost the entire match and did not spoil the game at all. Passoval, yet again, almost the entire game Kirillov, Slavi periodically came out to serve with varying degrees of success.

In the opening set we took the lead 14:9, but failed to save what they had gained. The hosts gradually caught up, caught up on 17:17, and in the end from equal positions (20:20) tormented by Rodichev's reception. Two aces and a move to the opponent's side made the result, 22:25.

In the second game, Slavi’s exit at the mark was just successful 16:14 - ace, knocked out reception, and then the hosts began to shake and began to make mistakes without pressure on serve, 20:14. This time we carefully preserved our superiority: Rodichev “revenged” the first set with a magical defense on his own serve, 23:17 and 25:18 as a result.

In the third game, Alexey Rodichev was injured, he was replaced by Alexander Kostadinov, and we immediately sank a little, 11:14. However, by the end the handicap was eliminated, 18:18. The denouement came on Demakov's serves, which in each batch was released to strengthen this particular element. What's the point here?, I, to be honest, I don’t quite understand – Ivan is far from the most successful pitcher. So this time the hosts coped with the reception, but Potorochin couldn’t cope with the removal - they softened it twice with a block, and one more time the diagonal player himself threw the ball into touch. As a result 24:21, a little nervous, but it was enough to win.

Gazprom-Yugra played the fourth set under the slogan “He’s never wrong.”, who does nothing". Slavi and young people in the person of Gusamov and Golovanov came out to save the situation, but the hosts flew better. At all, we must pay tribute to “Yaroslavich” – without legionnaires and Chas, also damaged, the team looked very decent at times. The hosts entered the tie-break like a master, that is, quite confident.

Panov started the fifth game with an ace, and before the change of sides, three more breaks were brought to us by mistakes by Yaroslavich’s finishers in attack: twice Shustov and his replacement Khrustalev did not put the ball in the court, 8:5. Kirillov does not give an exchange and Panov flounders with the net ball, and Yurinsky gets blocked, 7:8. The owners stay in the wake, until Slavi comes out to serve. To start with freeball, realized by brother, 12:9. Then, after Yaroslavich's time-out – ace, not so much on strength, how much for accuracy, under the front line, 13:9. That's enough: Alexander Kostadinov plays with Kirillov entering the zone, popularly known as “cross” – is, this still works, 14:10. Kutlunin and Kostadinov exchange attacks, we are the first to reach the cherished number 15.

The result of this game is pleasant, because victory is victory. But in Surgut 5 April, in fact, everything will start again. We have a slight advantage - you can lose in a tiebreaker and get an additional chance in the “golden” set.

Yaroslavich (Yaroslavl) 2: 3 Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra)

match stats

Details

Date	Time	Championship
01.04.2026	21:00	KR 2026

Results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	GENERAL.
Yaroslavich (Yaroslavl)	25	18	23	25	11	2
Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra)	22	25	25	20	15	3

Venue

g. Yaroslavl

Yaroslavich (Yaroslavl)

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