In the first set, the opponents were noticeably nervous and made many mistakes - which is not surprising, given the importance of the game for both teams. In the opening, the center of the net was better used by Slavi Kostadinov, and after Khlyakin’s shot into touch on the line, the hosts earned their first serious advantage, 8:4. And then he was lost in simple, it would seem that, Tkachenko gliders: Rodichev mismatched the pace of the pass, Moiseev missed the serve to the baseline, Litvinov – out, 8:8.

The match with Orenburg on its own site is not just a very important game for Gazprom-Yugra. But let's start with this, why is she so important? The thing is, that the past six rounds have not shown, what is the current Gazprom-Yugra?. Fly home "Yaroslavich", resist hard in Novosibirsk, undress in Ufa "Dynamo-Ural" (what, generally, not the binomial Read more »

Surgut residents lost their breath due to medical reasons Alexander Kostadinov, Zenit did not bring Fedorov and Romanovsky. The hosts fielded an unusual combination of centers for the game, the motivation of which should be sought in Kazan roots. It worked partly: Demakov scored half of the command blocks, Andreev attacked well, both scored an ace – but it didn’t really help the team.

“Belogorye” arrived in Surgut without Mohamed Al Khachdadi, Nikita Nagaets returned to the host team, he was declared, but didn’t go to the site. His namesake Vishnevetsky tried on a field uniform and a couple of times came out instead of Kostadinov to help on the back line.

“Belogorye” in the light of the latest and penultimate events could be pitied - but who would have pitied us on Saturday at the site! Bronze medalist of the last two national championships, a club not only with glorious traditions and an iconostasis of all the awards available in the world at the club level, but also with multiples of it, than ours, budget. Whom Read more »

Debut 2:5 ours turned into 6:6: Rodichev closed Kazachenkov with a single block, Shevlyakov on the set and Nikiforov in the final game are accurate. After 9:9 – slight loss of concentration and instant karma: Vishnevetsky cannot cope with the reception of the glider from Brazhnyuk and Nikolov is right there on the passing ball, Nikiforov doesn't score and Deru punishes from the baseline, 9:12.

Novosibirsk "Lokomotiv", where we will be visiting on Saturday, the project is very, very interesting. Original. At first, this is the most powerful volleyball machine on a federal scale, operating under the umbrella of Russian Railways. Secondly, this is the most powerful volleyball school, released Sapozhkova, I'm squatting, Kazachenkova, Lyzika, Kurkaeva, Ant, Abaeva, Kostadinov brothers, etc.. At the same time, one cannot help but recall the epic statement of the head coach Read more »

"Dynamo-Ural": Ushkov – Pirainen, Krsmanovic – Yakutin, Ursov – Who, Bragin/Chanchikov Gazprom-Yugra: S.Kostadinov/Kirillov – Litvinov, Shevlyakov - Tkachev, Rodichev - A. Kostadinov, Moiseev In the opening, we tweaked the setup a little and started in an unusual way, at the suggestion of Tkachev. Krsmanovic immediately withdrew, bringing the first point to the Ufa team in the new spacious hall of the Wrestling Palace, Shevlyakov responded with a zone, Slavi submitted to the network Read more »

The upcoming match of the third round in Ufa between Dynamo-Ural and Gazprom-Ugra has a whole series of interesting parallels. Both clubs suffered two defeats in the first rounds, both suffered from Yaroslavich. Both teams' second matches turned out scenically identical: tough fight in the first set (Ufa residents even took on a scandalous set in Novosibirsk) and complete subsequent failure. Both Read more »

As in the first match in Krasnoyarsk, everything ended for the Surgutians at the end of the first set, only this time in an even more explicit format. The guests took the initiative in the opening thanks to the active attack of a couple of foreign players and two aces from Potorchin, but the Surgut team withstood the first onslaught and equalized the score at the 10:10 thanks to the ace of Alexander Kostadinov and played “swing” for a long time.