“Disastrous first period. Perhaps the warm-up should be changed? – Znarok about the defeat of “Ak Bars” from “Torpedo”

Kazan head coach “Ak Barsa” Oleg Znarok after the defeat of Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” in the Fonbet Championship match KHL said the team failed in the first half.

Kazan lost to Nizhny Novgorod 4-6 earlier on Thursday.

– A disastrous first half, – Znarok told reporters.

– For the fourth game in a row, Ak Bars fails in the first period. Why?

– It seems that we are preparing for the game, everything is fine.

– Misaligned?

– Well, I don’t know. Maybe you need to change your training.

– In the first match against Torpedo, you crushed your opponent in a power struggle. Why didn’t it work today?

Why didn’t it work? The third period was ours. And in the second half, everything was fine. They just used their moments – one against zero, two against one.

– You changed the links during the match. For this reason, did you manage to play differently?

– Every coach does that when something needs to be changed, when matches have to be snatched.

– It seems that Ak Bars lacks a leader.

– I told you, there is not enough realization of the moments we create.

– You scored two goals out of four in the majority “5 against 3”.

– The rest of the points must also be implemented.

– Why was goalkeeper Miftakhov not replaced?

‘Because the young substitute goalkeeper has just arrived.

– How do you assess the functional state of Ak Bars? It seemed that the “Torpedo” was fresh.

– Well, in the third period, who was the freshest?

– Can we say that today’s match was marred by individual errors?

– Maybe yes. Especially the defenders.

“Shouldn’t you cancel the team vacation yet?”

– What day off? Do you think we are doing a bad job? So what are you talking about?

Torpedo is fourth in the Western Conference standings with 37 points, Ak Bars is seventh in the East with 29 points.