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).
On Sunday, Gazprom-Yugra will play the last match of the regular part of the championship in St. Petersburg with the local Zenit.. From a tournament point of view, this match has absolutely no meaning for us - we will not move up from 12th place, neither down. What lineup will the Surgut team play in the game?, Considering, that our most likely opponent in the playoffs is Read more »
Petersburgers arrived in Surgut in a truncated number, but it was enough for victory. The attack was carried out by Fedor Voronkov, Timofey Tikhonov lit up the serve, and Semyon Krivitchenko cemented the defense and technique - yes, that no one remembered the absence of Zhenya Grebennikov. The hosts have Dmitry Kurbatov back in the lineup, and the shortage of finishers led to the appearance of Nikita Alekseev in this role during the match.
St. Petersburg Zenit in Surgut is always serious and interesting. The guests played the match of the previous round last year, beating Enisey at home in five games, but were stuck in an unusual eighth place. Gazprom-Yugra needs rehabilitation procedures after the skating rink, under which the team fell in Novosibirsk. In terms of resources, the residents of Surgut are immeasurably far from Lokomotiv, and Read more »
Gazprom-Yugra: Ozhiganov - Alekseev, Piun - Kirillov, Katich - Botin, Kabeshov/Vlaskov Zenit: Kobzar - Klyuka, Yakovlev - Yakutin, Anderson - Voronkov, Grebennikov Surgut team repeated the plot of the previous match in Kazan, having played on equal terms with a top opponent only the first half of the debut set. But the content of the matches differed., there were more positive moments in the reporting match, although the score is unlikely Read more »
The calendar gave Gazprom-Ugra a formidable opponent in the final home game of the regular season: St. Petersburg "Zenith" came to us. The Surgut people would really benefit from a victory, but the opponent, with a recent defeat from the Nizhny Novgorod ASC, has driven himself into a corner - there is nowhere to retreat, Lokomotiv breathes in the back. So the guests from the northern capital came to Surgut to fight in earnest, don't shoot. G, you know, Read more »
The finish line is so fast, that the tours are practically "stuck together": no particular impression, but there is a certain general "smeared" picture. She, however, and more objective - several games in a row say more about the teams, than one game a week. Let's try to use the accumulated dynamics and draw a portrait of the 29th round. The intrigue is, what are the neighbors playing in the standings and 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 »
