Having disenchanted the “victory” column with Nizhnevartovsk, we are quickly moving to the next important step - the game with the next neighbor in the standings. Such games are not work for karma, and the result is the most difficult. Going out and beating Zenit is mentally much easier, how to get three points in Nizhny Novgorod. And here, paradoxically, it is important to drop the notorious Read more »
19-th tour will untypically take place on the same day, which promises once a lot of bread for analysts and spectacles for fans. Condensed calendar, as I already said, - a serious test for teams, and there may well be room for surprises in this schedule. Let's see together, where to expect potential explosions, where the volleyball climate will favor the hosts, where is the weather Read more »
"Kuzbass": Rukavishnikov - Klets, Markin - Pakshin, Shcherbakov - Tavasiev, Obmochaev "Gazprom-Yugra": Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Makarenko - Katich, Piun - Kurbatov, Naga Surgut again failed to unravel the secret of victory in the tie-break - the fifth defeat on the balance sheet of the season. But balance still needs to be reached., and to do it in Kemerovo is a rather difficult task, that only Read more »
We are going to Kemerovo for victory. Yes, yes, why else go to Kemerovo? it seems, we haven't won there for a hundred years, since about the time 2017 of the year, when Gazprom-Ugra did not let the growing team of Thomas Sammelvuo into the Final Six. It was especially embarrassing in 2019, when at the Kuzbass Arena we led 2:0 Poletaev's team, Kobzar, Podlesnykh and Pashitsky, Read more »
2023-and is gaining momentum, Russian championship is in full swing - the 17th round is already on the agenda. Intrigue boils on both poles of the standings: Four teams are fighting for fourth place, bottom four teams closely in the fight for the playoffs. Games have moved into a kind of philosophical stage, when leaders look for internal reserves to maintain stability, and the underdogs are trying to get out of themselves Read more »
"Zenith" (St. Petersburg): Kovalev - Nikkel, Gossip - Voronkov, Yakutin - Kosmin, Grebennikov "Gazprom-Ugra": Kirillov - Alekseev, Makarenko - Katich, Piun - Kurbatov, Nagaets / Kabeshov In a match with St. Petersburg "Zenith" Rafael Khabibullin tried as the main setter 19-year-old Maxim Kirillov. Well, if this is a story about "how the steel was tempered", then the crucible for the young player turned out to be noble. It is forbidden Read more »
The fourteenth round turned out to be "torn", and making its announcement does not make much sense - half of the matches have already ended. Therefore, let's focus on the Gazprom-Ugra game in St. Petersburg - do we have a chance of success? Viktor Poletaev and Ivan Yakovlev left Zenit due to injuries, back problems returned to Egor Klyuka, whose participation in the match under Read more »
«Lokomotiv»: Abayev - Luburic, Kurkaev - Lyzik, Berezhko - Kurbanov, Martynyuk/Krivitchenko Gazprom-Yugra: Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Piun - Ionov, Makarenko - Katich, Nagaets / Dyachkov "Gazprom-Yugra" almost ruined the 300th match at the helm of Lokomotiv for Plamen Konstantinov, having arranged a hot battle in Novosibirsk. At first, as they say, nothing foretold: in the first game, the hosts at the expense of Abaev's aces (2:0), Luburica (7:3), Read more »
There are few chances for Gazprom-Ugra to win in the match with Lokomotiv, but they have. There would be more, play at home. In Novosibirsk, you need to have a clear superiority, to convince the local aura of the validity of the claims. Lokomotiv likes to play at home, can play at home, can win here. Even with the infirmary full. At the moment, the opponent is a little strange: face Read more »
NOVA: Lukyanenko - Litvinov, Lyamin - Bloodless, Zhukov - Shpilev, Eremin. Gazprom-Yugra: Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Piun - Kurbatov, Makarenko - Katich, Nagaets/Dyakov. It's very hard to win a match, if there are obvious "holes" in the site, no heroic efforts of individual players will be enough. With all due respect to Nova, we gave the game ourselves. Let's start with the first set, in which they Read more »
