Knife versus sword

"Gazprom-Ugra" (Surgut): Kirillov - Nikiforov, Demakov - Andreev, Serov – Panov, Moiseev/Eremin

"Dinamo-LO" (Pinery): Kreskin – Podrebinkin, Brazhnyuk – Tsepkov, Mergarejo – Sedlacek, Andreev/Ishchenko

Surgut residents recovered from injury, but Dmitry Shevlyakov did not appear on the site, and Alexey Kabeshov, well-known in volleyball circles, commented on the match on air. Perhaps, This is all the interesting news from the Gazprom-Yugra camp, because the team's performance that day was rather lackluster.

"Dynamo-LO" after the defeat from "Fakel" arrived focused and got down to business without hesitation, shaking up the hosts' reception. 1:4 after an ace, Kreskin and Panov are replaced by Rodichev. Serov responded with his ace (3:4), the hosts managed to level the game for a while, but Brazhnyuk breaks the score again with a power hybrid (8:11), and the pass aimed at the block left no chance for Nikiforov, 11:15.

Moiseev is good in defense, Serov gets back from the block, 14:16. There's a chance? Not, the guests continue to press with serve, On heavy balls, the home team's forwards manage every other time. Mergarejo fires two powerful shots with an ace., 17:23, the set is completed by two attacks by Tsepkov and Brazhnyuk as if they were carbon copies: Kreskin finds attackers from deep, 20:25.

In the second set 2:1 after Kirillov's insidious serve and Nikiforov's block-out, the freeball turns over into 2:3 – the rebound from the block hits the diagonal Surgut. The hosts seemed to have established a welcome, but problems started on the grid. Rodichev corrects Kirillov's unsuccessful pass with a discount, Demakov makes Sedlacek make a mistake with his glider (5:5), but then the Surgut team couldn’t translate another technique knocked out of Sedlacek into a result, no matter how hard the team captain tried, on the third attempt Alexey hit the target.

Kirillov persists in his desire to build up Andreev’s attack, in the passive – Anton’s shot into touch and two more breaks for Dynamo, 7:11. Ivanov comes out to pass and the game levels out for a while., but nothing more. at level 12:17 Nikiforova replaces Bobrov diagonally, Kirillov returns to the site, but the quality of play on the grid does not improve. The guests are consistently holding the table and taking all the break chances. Serov scores a couple of heavy goals and serves excellently – but Podrebinkin keeps the score on the allotted balls, 16:24. Rodichev converts a passing ball on Demakov's serve, but Podrebinkin is accurate again, 18:25.

In the opening of the third game, Kirillov turns himself and his partners on: effectively folds and serves variably, scores from the baseline himself. The hosts have iron in their defense, Demakov passes behind his head with one hand (!), Nikiforov scores without blocking – 4:0.

Nikiforov covers Sedlacek one-on-one (5:1), immediately receives a “return” (5:2), The difference is that Panov, who replaced Rodichev, played the fast ball and Serov played the allotted ball., 9:5. In the next draw the hosts have freeball, but he starts to bury the game, who seems to have revived her: Kirillov disrupts the pass to Demakov. And then he lowers Panov’s pipe - 9:7. Kreskin draws up an ace through video viewing, 9:8.

Nikiforov picks up the “initiative” of the team, attacks into touch and makes way for Galote. But the game is already scattered, Dynamo players harvest: Podrebinkin on freeball, Andreev's again unrealized attack, Panov's kick into touch, ace Brajniuka, another low pass to Serov under the block - 14:19.

Ivanov’s exit can’t change anything, especially since Brazhnyuk serves superbly, another ace and 14:20. Ivanov caught the “infection” and drops the ball between his hands, so Kirillova has to endure the ending. He uses Galota, Sedlacek sends the pipe into the cable, and Bobrov, who came out to serve, sweetens the bitter pill with an ace, 17:21. "Dynamo-LO" responds to a knockdown with a knockout: Podryabinkin removes the withdrawn ball and Kreskin gives two aces in a row, 17:24. It is done, “Dynamo-LO” is stronger in all respects and this is an objective picture today. Surgut residents can play on equal terms with such an opponent only in a state of passion for the game, if they awaken the berserker in themselves. But he woke up a couple of times throughout the game, and then went into hibernation again: in bare skill everything looked like a knife against a sword.

"Gazprom-Ugra" fought as best he could:

Head coach of VC Dynamo-LO Anton Astashenkov: the, what's the count?, of course, may look easy. It's always hard to play here. We came here with this attitude. Fortunately, our supply fell, withstood the game in defense and blocking, at the reception they also handled, basically, it made a big difference. Were there any breaks or clean aces... All, who comes to Surgut, have resistance here and sometimes even our best teams can give in here. The mood here is always appropriate.

Central blocker VC "Dynamo-LO" Yuri Brazhnyuk: Not to tell, that was easy. We tried our best to install, take risks on serve and stick to your game. Won more by serving, moved the opponent away from the net and worked on the block.

Coach of VC Gazprom-Yugra Alexander Chefranov: Difficult to answer, what's happened. A large number of own mistakes. I think, 15 errors in submission and 7-8 in attack, their, clean. In three games that's more than twenty points, a large number of defects. To the opponent, basically, we just had to serve - we gave away the game ourselves. The third game started well, made a powerful push, but, yet again, thanks to their own mistakes, they brought the opponent back into the game. The opponent showed, respectively, and took away his strong-willed qualities.

Libero of VC Gazprom-Yugra Nikita Eremin: Lost serve and return. They pinned us down with a good accurate serve.. It was even difficult to process her. In the penultimate round of the smooth part of the national championship, Gazprom-Ugra goes to visit the team, when people come to our hall and serve better, than we are. And they are received better, than we are. This is very disappointing and I want to work on it more.. Everything ingenious is simple: who has the feed, who has reception, he wins. When the team has a reception three meters away, it's easier for him to spread. When he runs all over the court... If we only play with direct competitors to win, then we will also lose to them. And if we try to go up and win against the tops... Tops are not tops - it doesn’t matter. There is today, there is today's game - that means today we must fight to the last. And the platform will judge.

Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra) 0: 3 Dinamo-LO (Pinery)

match stats

Details

Date	Time	Championship
13.11.2026	19:00	CR 2026-2027

Results

Team	1	2	3	GENERAL.
Gazprom-Yugra (KhMAO-Yugra)	20	18	17	0
Dinamo-LO (Pinery)	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

Dinamo-LO (Pinery)

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