“Torpedo has a young team, we try not to fall into the ‘hit and run’ game – Larionov

Head coach of the Nizhny Novgorod teamTorpedo » Igor Larionov called the reasons for the loss in the Fonbet KHL Championship game with S.K.A. .

The meeting took place on Saturday, November 26 in Nizhny Novgorod and ended with the score 6-2 in favor of the Saint Petersburg club.

– I thank the fans who have been with us until the end. I have no doubt that we will come back even stronger and get through this difficult time. I’m scratching my head on that too. Not to say that everything is bad, that we have been completely outclassed. But the score on the scoreboard… We need to understand where to find reserves in order to implement what we create. It is part of a process that is irreversible. We have a young team. We try not to fall into the game of fight and flight. Achieving moments requires focus. You need to find the trust that gives you the ability to run the account. The statistics are impressive, but the result is not what we would like to see.

Chance. This is how the law of fortune works when someone is lucky and someone is not. For all of our moments, we lack the killer instinct to wrap it up. We must be able to implement what we create. When you control the game, but you score three goals in three occasions, it leaves an unpleasant aftertaste in the heads of the guys. They need to regain freshness and confidence. We didn’t panic, the guys gave it their all. We win together, we lose together. There was an idea to replace the goalkeeper in the last game. You can try this to figure out what to do next. SKA have experience in defense, so it’s not easy to play with them. We are not afraid of losing 0:4 or 0:5. The difference is that they scored their goals and we didn’t. It takes confidence and a cool head in the end.

It is too early to speak of trends. We entered a difficult calendar without having the experience that the other teams have. We have to use these matches in our favor to draw conclusions and get out of such games. We have to outplay these opponents using the chances we create, so that we don’t play catch-up, but act as the first number. Guys fight to the end – that’s the main thing. They didn’t give up and kept playing. There were no indifferent on the bench. It’s also an experience that goes into the guys’ piggy bank. We must understand that we are not worse. CSKA and SKA have more experienced teams, but we continue to play our hockey. You must spend three days properly before flying to the Far East.

We don’t want to stray from the hockey we promote for consistency. If we realized what we create, the picture would be different. Hockey is for spectators and we will continue our game. We have a young defense, but the guys are growing. We are not playing the World Cup, we have a marathon tournament. The defeats in these three matches will give us the opportunity to analyze. We had six heads-ups in two games. This is a serious indicator that we are playing hockey that fans in Russia love. You can close and play for the outcome, but you can’t cheat people. Clearly people in Moscow have other temptations, but that’s no excuse. In London, you will not play systemic football, which will not bring you anything, because that way you will not sell tickets. We want guys to play for the sake of the people who pay money to watch them, and for their own enjoyment. That’s the beauty of the game that we want to give fans to watch. Maybe we’re not doing the right things, but in terms of the game we develop as a team, – Larionov is quoted by RB Sport.

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