Kuzbass
The game began with a mistake Todorov on the pitch, so the hosts immediately tried on the role of catch-up. Andrae successful game in attack, and then on the pitch sets a comfortable gap guests – 7:3. As Sergey Bagrey could not find a decent alternative to their striker, coach “Kuzbass” Denis Matusevich releases to the site of Konstantin Ushakov. This substitution did not save a set, but in general has become a key to the match.
Ushakov, known to practice fast, aggressive game he immediately began to play the first pace to break off the block to feel more confident to outside hitter. To break a game, it was necessary to beat reception. The reception was a particular problem for the hosts: Rodichev, Aleksiev and Misin, of course, able to beat and a triple block, but not with a perfect result.
The second set looked like a swing, “Gazprom-Yugra” then went ahead. Tuia scored a crazy ball in a key draw when the score was 21:20 in favor of the “Kuzbass” and determined the outcome of the game. In the third set was dominated by the guests seemed accumulated if not physically, emotionally tired, lost concentration. But even in these circumstances, the team tried to cling to the account, even catch up with rivals (17:17), but Moroz and company brought the matter to its logical conclusion. It seemed, in the fourth installment of the guests will be able to easily put the squeeze on the hosts. However, the “Gazprom–Yugra” once again showed character. Even if the team is not feeding, not getting reception and falling apart, as a consequence, combination game, you can play and win on the same character.
It all follows to the last set. Neither team could come out ahead by more than two points, in the end the contestants entered with a small advantage of the hosts after the attack Rodichev 13:12. On this achievement hosts scored, then the complex doigrovke Tuia successful attacks, and finally, the block covers an attack Artem Smolyar. The result: an equal fight, in which a little more fortunate guests.
Hero of the match was the guests diagonal Pavel Moroz, who collected 27 points at 60 per cent efficiency in attack. Slightly behind his counterpart Anton Misin , which account for 24 points and 57 percent efficiency.
Andrey Tolochko: “Score reflects what was happening on the court. There were two equal teams. We lost in the defense – the opponent picked up a lot of “dead” balls.”Kuzbass” is a very good team,I do not see the tragedy in this defeat, so we need to get up and move on”.
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