Forward S.K.A. Marat Khairullin after playing with “Neftekhimik” shared what it was like for him to play against his former team.
Petersburg SKA beat Neftekhimik (3:1) in the Fonbet home match of the KHL Championship.
SKA exchanged the rights to Neftekhimik’s top scorer Khairullin in May, the Nizhnekamsk team received monetary compensation. During the last KHL season, the 25-year-old scored 32 (17+15) points in 46 regular season games.
– Good game. The opponent has a good young and daring team. Before that, the guys rested for a long time. They were fresh, they squeezed well, so it was tough for us. But above all, we persevered and brought the case to victory.
For me, Neftekhimik is not a foreign team. It was a bit hard because I had a great time at this club. I am grateful to them for everything they have done for me. But now I’m an SKA player and I do everything for this team.
Threats from Neftekhimik players? Of course it wasn’t, the day before the game we had a little chat.
Yesterday at the meeting it was announced that I would be the captain because our real captain missed the game. Together and together you must go out and do your job.
Lokomotiv took some strength from us, so the first half didn’t work out. But the most important thing is that they came out and started playing according to their own system,” Khairullin said.
SKA won for the fifth consecutive time and for the 21st in the current championship, having played 23 games. With 43 points, Roman Rotenberg’s side confidently lead the Western Conference table, Neftekhimik is 10th in the East (19 points).
Source : MatchTV
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