Kuzbass vs. Orenburzhye | HIGHLIGHTS | 28 Round | SuperLeague 2025-2026

Описание: The opponents took to the court of the Kemerovo Arena in full force. With the efforts of Egor Sidenko and Timofey Tikhonov in attack and Mikhail Kashtanov in defense, the Kemerovo team gained an advantage of 6:4. Evgeny Rukavishnikov equalized the score with two aces, making it 9:9. The Kemerovo team's libero, who had failed to improve the Orenburg team's serve, was replaced by Evgeny Klupa. The guests' reliable play on the block: Dmitry Kudryashov caught Sidenko, and Mikhail Khlyakin caught Ivan Piskarev, allowing them to make a breakthrough – 14:11. After the time-out, the Kemerovchanes returned to the fight – Piskarev hammered the ball into the court, Sidenko marked himself with an ace, and Kudryashov made a mistake in the attack and already had to use the break Anton Volvich – 14:16. Piskarev gave out a series of serves, after which another time-out took the coach of the Orenburg – 19:17. In the tense end, Khlyakin one-on-one caught Piskarev, and then Timofey Pavlov made a mistake on the serve.

After Khlyakin's attack went out at 12:13, Anton Volvich brought Vladimir Kupryashkin and Ilnur Rakhmatullin onto the court. The diagonal player put an end to a long play, and Yutsevich intercepted Sidenko's attack at 17:14. The hosts' attack numbers were lower than in the first set, with a 38% conversion rate. For Orenburg, Artem Alexandrov and Alexander Tkachenko, as well as Rakhmatullin, who entered the game, contributed to the team's success. The guests' diagonal player scored two breakaway points, giving them a 22-17 lead. Trotsky then sent Kuznetsov into the fray, but the Kemerovo team was unable to recover, resulting in a 21-25 score.

The guests gained an advantage on Alexandrov's serves – 10:7. Due to their own mistakes, the hosts could not reduce the gap in any way - 12:16. But the guests made three mistakes in a row: Yutsevich on serve, Alexandrov and Rakhmatullin in attack, Kuzbass's lead became minimal – 16:17. The guests regained a comfortable advantage – Hot Ubiparip won back from the hands of Timur Khismatullin, and Orenburg's double block was closed by Sidenko at 19:16. Kuzbass's double substitution at the end of the set did not help save the game at 20:25.

The start of the set was disheartening for the Kemerovo players – 1:4. Sidenko made a mistake in the attack and lost his place on the court to Kirill Suprunov, who immediately got to work, picking up the momentum of Piskaryov and Tikhonov – 7:9. Ionov blocked Ubiparip's pike, and Piskaryov attacked along the line and recorded an ace – 14:12. At the score of 15:18, Anton Volvich brought Rukavishnikov and Khlyakin back to the court, but they were soon sent to the bench. The Orenburg legionnaire scored points for his team with accurate attacks, leading to a score of 19:23. Kuzbass's triple block stopped Rakhmatullin in the overtime and sent the teams to a tiebreak, resulting in a score of 25:21.

At the beginning of the fifth set, Suprunov continued to hammer the balls into the court, and Khismatullin caught Ubiparip with a single block – 4:1. The foreign player could not handle Piskarev's serve and was replaced by Pavlov. Yulmukhametov made a mistake on the serve, Rukavishnikov blocked Tikhonov, who was replaced by Ilya Morozov – 6:8. The Orenburg block found a way to deal with Suprunov, and then the Kuzbass diagonal made a mistake in the attack – 8:8. Piskarev hit an out twice and fell under the block of the guests – 10:13. At the end of the set, Pavlov scored a breakaway, which put an end to this match – 15:13.

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