Нижний, но не низкий

The season started for Gazprom-Yugra in Nizhny Novgorod. Our matches have always been difficult here, and with Gorky, and with ASK, and with “Guberniya”. Tenacious, unyielding rival, always with an emphasis on the diagonal - this position was once successfully covered by legionnaires, in recent years, Pavel Zheleznyakov has been the best in this position. Plus a specific hall, a kind of box with a hanging ceiling, you need to get used to it.

In addition to Zheleznyakov, the Nizhny Novgorod players have their signature trump cards in recent years - the subtle play of setter Dmitry Filippov, son of the head coach of Krasnoyarsk “Yenisey” and a Greek by passport (suddenly someone doesn't know) and the so-called “common game” of the European, so to speak, type: a lot of protection, playoff, wig.

This season we have added competent point selection to this. Strong performers came to the final round, Semyon Dmitriev and Sergey Savin. Sergey returned to Nizhny after a long break, here he rocked Gubernia during the best times with Plamen Konstantinov on the coaching bridge and Andrei Dranishnikov as libero. The center of the grid has grown significantly with the arrival of Fannur Kayumov, player from the champion's square, capital "Dynamo". Fannur has stagnated in this very square and he clearly has something to say on the court.

No matter what the Gorky coaching staff says about the development of their own youth, no matter how it is developed in practice (Tselishchev, Karavashkin, Prytkov and Co. in the clip), Still, results this season are expected from experienced performers – Filippov, Zheleznyakov, Kayumov, Dougan, Savin, Dmitriev, Pyatyrkin. And they are quite capable of pulling the whiskers of any top tiger, Well, at least play on equal terms with the others.

unknown, will Dmitry Filippov appear in his debut game?, he is experiencing the consequences of minor damage and is being taken care of for now. But even with Alexander Tselishchev, I would call Gorky the favorite in the upcoming match, based on the totality of all input. This doesn't mean at all, that Gazprom-Ugra cannot count on victory: That's exactly what we're going after. You just have to put in the effort to do this. 150 percent, show right from the start of the championship that volleyball, which can bring us success this season too.