Belogorie vs. Gazprom-Ugra | HIGHLIGHTS | 20 Round | SuperLeague 2025-2026

Gazprom-Ugra played the best match of the season and broke Belogorye's winning streak in Tula, defeating the hosts in three sets.

As soon as Pavel Tetyukhin returned to the starting lineup for Belogorye, Andrey Marchenko was ruled out due to an injury. The visitors modified their starting lineup, introducing other central blockers from the start, relying on their experience.

Mohamed Al Hachdadi opened the score, and he also brought the first break – 3:1. The guests could have taken the lead when they softened Ivan Yakovlev's attack, but Yakovlev and Tetyukhin blocked Kirill Nikiforov's attack – 7:6. Belogory gained a mini-lead after a failed attack by Yugra's diagonal player – 10:8, and Alexander Melnikov brought the score to 12:9. The Belgorod team started losing the ball with Al Hachdadi's out-of-bounds shot, resulting in a 13:12 score. Several missed shots led to a 14:14 tie. Alexander Kostadinov and Nikiforov were successful for the Surgut team, and after Kostadinov's serve, Gazprom-Ugra took the lead, 15:14.Slavi Kostadinov skillfully conducted his orchestra, whose violins pulled the guests' attack to 70%. A new mistake by the hosts in the attack cost them another lost ball – 14:16. A net touch and a counterattack by Kostadinov-volleyer increased the gap – 16:20. On the serve of Yaroslav Podlesnykh, the "lions" pulled themselves together – 21:22, but there were mistakes when entering the ball into the game, which washed away all efforts. In the set, Al Hachdadi's block prevented him from scoring, and the Moroccan's block-out brought Yugra victory with a score of 25:22.

The second set was exactly the same as the first. Gazprom-Ugra used their chances in attack perfectly, played well on the block and in defense, surpassing the hosts in this, although it would seem that it should be the opposite. And they were better in the reception, which allowed Kostadinov-the binder to regularly connect Ivan Demakov and Alexander Tkachev. And they also tormented the Belgorodians with their serves. At the same time, Belogory started well again – 6:3 after Podlesnykh's ace. The Belgorod setter was just as effective in attack as Kostadinov. However, while Ugra had four consistent scorers, the Lions relied solely on Podlesnykh for points. Tetyukhin also contributed to the team's success. The blocking players struggled, and Al Hachdadi stopped scoring altogether. Roman Poroshin attempted to play the diagonal player, but to no avail. Belogorye lost its advantage at 7:7, but Podlesnykh led the team with a serve at 14:12.Yakovlev was still holding +2 at 17:15. Every time, Gazprom-Ugra found a way to catch up with their opponent – 17:17. The guests responded to Podlesnykh's new attack with two Demakov aces and two blocks on Al Hachdadi – 22:18. The diagonal player was replaced by Ivan Podrebinkin, and Belogory managed to get closer – 21:22. Ugra was flawless in their final attacks, but Belogory made a mistake on set point – 22:25.

The third set didn't go well for the Lions from the very beginning. Al Haddadi, who returned to the starting lineup, set up a triple block, and Tkachev hit an ace, leading to a 3:6 score. Nikiforov's serve further widened the gap, resulting in a 4:8 score. Al Haddadi was double-faulted, leading to an 8:12 score. Podrebinkin came out and changed 8:13 to 11:13 with two aces. The appearance of Georgy Zabolotnikov added aggression to the attack. The Lions had a real chance to tie the score, but after fending off two attacks by Alexey Rodichev, who replaced Pavel Kuklinsky earlier, they failed to score a point, and the veteran of Ugra used his third chance masterfully – 16:14. A hit out and a poor reception of the passing ball from the guests pushed Belogorye back again – 16:20. Rodichev brought Gazprom-Ugra a matchball – 24:20. He also brought his team victory – 25:23, when the hosts played back three of them.

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