Alexander Kostadinov and Dmitry Shevlyakov did not take part in the match due to medical reasons., and Alexander Moiseev warmed up, but never showed up on the set. Vladimir Alekno sent an experimental squad with three additional players.
St. Petersburg “Zenith” is the most under-titled giant of Russian volleyball. This is due to the short history of the club and a kind of karma, saying, that everyone, who will go straight to the Super League, this “jump” will work out. "Working off", seem to be, the club is coming to an end, headed by Vladimir Alekno, wants and, the main thing, can climb to the very top. The team is staffed so smoothly, that are of particular interest Read more »
The first set very reminded the first batch of the previous match with the Moscow Dynamo. Surgutians fell again in one arrangement, "Flying away" on Dineikin's feeds with 6:5 on 6:14. At a knocked-out reception and high balls, the extreme strikers of Gazprom-South, over and over again, got into a tall block of guests. Having finally starred through Papazov, The Surgutians leveled the game, But the missed was no longer returned.
In the final regular season, Gazprom-Yugra will play with Zenit from St. Petersburg. Our team has no tournament motivation: We will not move anywhere from 11th place and ahead of the qualification round with Sosnovoborsky Dynamo Lo. Zenit has almost no this motivation: below the fifth place will not fall, and purely theoretical chances remain in the four, for it is hardly direct Read more »
On his birthday, Vladimir Alekno did not intend to give gifts to his opponent and fielded the strongest squad. In the first set, the hosts immediately revealed their main weapon in the form of Vladislav Babkevich, whose ace formed Zenit's first lead, 3:6. The residents of Surgut, through the efforts of Masko and Papazov, reduced the distance to 7:8, but the effective actions of the St. Petersburg team on the block and Klyuki’s emergency ace from the rope again created a gap, 11:16.
In the last round of the first round we go to visit the very, perhaps, to the unrealized command of the Superliga, given the gigantic potential of its players. However, St. Petersburg "Zenith" has already learned to beat the same capital "Dynamo", with whom he had a long winless streak. The fruits of Vladimir Alekno’s activities in St. Petersburg are already beginning to appear, the team is capable of solving complex problems if not, then at least Read more »
The game has been moved from 24 on 27 March, in connection with the tragic events in the Moscow region, three days was enough, so that the residents of Surgut will burn out in St. Petersburg. Literally nothing worked on the set, and resources, to change something during the meeting, there wasn't either
After a long break, Petar Krsmanovic appeared in the home team with a splint on his arm. He scored the first point for his team in attack, but the visitors took the initiative in the opening thanks to a block on Rajab, 2:5. Krsmanovic organizes a passing ball with a serve, who finishes off Rodichev, Rajab corrects his attack, carries the first tempo strike in defense, 6:6.
Gazprom-Yugra is approaching the climax of the season, We are waiting for a series of two matches to reach the quarterfinals of the playoffs with St. Petersburg Zenit. The first game will take place 21 March at the Premier Arena, return meeting will take place 24 March in St. Petersburg. In case of equality of victories and points after two games, a “golden” set will be played, which will determine, who will go next. Tournament layout (we Read more »
The hosts came out with Babkevich in the final game, and we had Rajab start in the position of central blocker - to give way to Dmitry Kurbatov after serving. However, all the tactical tricks of the first set were destroyed by the enchanting marriage of the opponents when the ball was put into play. Gazprom-Yugra first took on the dubious leadership, six mistakes by the middle of the set, but the owners caught up, issuing the final 10 (we 9).
