Russian national volleyball team ran her second match at the international volleyball tournament Yeltsin Cup 2017 in Yekaterinburg. This time Russian’s rival was Turkey team. Our team won with a score 3:1.

Interesting fact that Russian and Turkey teams will play together in pool stage at European Championship, which they are preparing for right now, in Azerbaijan and Georgia in September.

Turkey seemed confident in the beginning and could lead 3:0. Guests stopped their spirit themselves after making a mistake at serving. Uralochka’s attacker Kseniia Parubets, who had an effective attack in a high jump, got the first point for our team. Soon Russians reached the competitors – 5:5, and by the second technical time-out Russian team was the leader – 16:14. Despite serving problems, Turkey team was able to win the first set – 25:20.

Second set debut was the reflection of the first one: Russians led 3:0 and confidently reached the first technical pause – 8:4. By the second technical time-out, the advantage of the host team raised for two more points – 16:10. Situation has not changed till the end: Russians were the strongest – 25:18.

The third set was equal for both teams – 17:17. Russian team had the firmer nerves in the challenging end – 25:22.

In the fourth set Russian team dropped Turkey – 8:1 by the first pause. And Turkey could not resist the pressure of Russian team, by the end of the match they had 6 match points but this did not save the day. 25:22 in the set and 3:1 in general score for the Russian team that took the second victory at the home tournament.

In another match of the second match day Bulgarian national team defeated Kazakhstan team with a score 3:1 (25:14, 25:20, 19:25, 29:27). Tomorrow Russian team is having a rest. Volleyball fans will see two games: Bulgaria – Turkey, Serbia – Kazakhstan. Next match Russian team will have with Bulgaria, June 29.

15th anniversary international volleyball tournament Yeltsin Cup has started in Yekaterinburg. On the first game day, Russian team met with Kazakhstan. Russians won a confident victory with a score 3:0.

In September this year Russian national team is going to participate in European Championship, so coaching staff of our team brought almost optimal lineup to the competition in Yekaterinburg. The audience will not see only Tatiana Kosheleva, Nataliya Goncharova and Ekaterina Pankova, who are having rest before Euro-2017. All the other stars are on the court, and head coach Vladimir Kuzyutkin has a great chance to work out the tactics prior to the main start of 2017.

Two players in starting lineup appeared on their native court of Palace of Sports in the match with Kazakhstan team: Uralochka leader Ksenia Parubets and middle blocker of Dinamo Kazan Irina Zaryazhko.

First two rallies were after the guest team, but soon the score drew to 3:3, and then our team led – 5:4. However, by the first technical time-out Kazakhstan players won 6:8. A little pause had a better effect on the game of Russian team, that made a small pull away of 13:9 and remained it till the second technical time-out – 16:12. Finally, Russians calmly finished the set – 25:17.

The second set has not showed any struggle at all: Russians defeated the opponent with the record score difference for Yeltsin Cup – 25:5. In the beginning of the third set with a score 5:2 for Russian team, both countries showed a superior rally with some effective rescues, but after powerful central attack of Irina Voronkova it was absolutely impossible to lift the ball. To the credit of Kazakhstan national team, after the failure in the second set the team did not give up in despair, and in general the third set was worth seeing. Unfortunately, they had nothing to oppose to Russian team. Julia Kutiukova put the final full stop with her accurate attack – 25:17 in the third set and 3:0 in general score of the match.

It should be noted that a wife of the first Russian President Naina Yeltsin traditionally supported our team. She has flown in Yekaterinburg today and immediately came to the match with Kazakhstan team.

In another match of this day Serbian national team, full with world class stars, confidently won Bulgarian team with a score 3:0 (25:12, 25:15, 25:14). Tomorrow are the next matches at Yeltsin Cup. The first will come Kazakhstan and Bulgaria, and then volleyball fans will see the stunning match between Russian and Turkey teams.

Live streams of all matches with Russian national team you can watch on YouTube Uralochka NTMK:
June 26, 19:30 Russia – Kazakhstan (technic record)
June 27, 19:00 Russia – Turkey
June 29, 19:00 Russia – Bulgaria
June 30, 19:00 Russia – Serbia

OTV channel live stream (commentator Tatiana Gracheva):
27.06 19:00 Russia – Turkey; 29.06 19:00 Russia – Bulgaria; 
30.06 19:00 Russia – Serbia

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Volleyball players from the main Russian team squad Yana Shcherban, Tatiana Kosheleva, Nataliya Goncharova and Ekaterina Pankova will not participate in Yeltsin Cup that takes place in Yekaterinburg June 26-30. Head coach of Russian women’s national volleyball team Vladimir Kuzyutkin announced the fact at TASS press conference.

“Four team leading players are not going to participate in the tournament, they are: Kosheleva, Goncharova, Shcherban and Pankova. Yana Shcherban together with Kosheleva and Goncharova were in core team, but, unfortunately, Shcherban has got an injury and did not participated in qualifying competition. For this tournament, where I planned she would play, she has not recovered yet”, – he stated.

According to head coach, absence of such players will not allow the team to show the highest result at Yeltsin Cup. “In the same time, we do not want fans appreciate us as a bit-player. We can show the fight, will to fight, a game in defense, so what we have for today”, – Kuzyutkin underlined and added that in team squad there would be a chain of setter and four leading centre players.

More information on TASS:
http://tass.ru/sport/4357836

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