Spartak coach Igor Grischine said the protector Alexei Emelin now fit, so he was announced for the game against Moscow “Dynamo” immediately after the flight from Minsk.
On Tuesday, Spartak lost to Dynamo Moscow in the Fonbet KHL Championship away game (2:5). Emelin made his debut for the Red-Whites in this game.
“We started the game with penalties, and Dynamo immediately converted them and took the lead,” Grishin told reporters. — But we didn’t give up, we tried to turn things around, and in the second half it even worked. We had to play even more aggressively under the opposing goal. But then Dynamo overtook us in defender shooting activity. Here they have surpassed us today.
– Alexey Emelin played Spartak’s first match today. How will he strengthen your defense?
– He is an experienced player with decent skills and at the same time a physically strong defender. We have a lot of youngsters in the team, so the defense is light. And against rivals like Dynamo and Lokomotiv, where the attackers are solid overall, we lack power. Alexei has just entered our game. But from the second period, he just showed what is expected of him. I think that in the future Emelin, like Chudinov, will take an important place in our team.
– Why did you decide to apply Emelin for the game immediately after the flight?
– Aleksey trained in Minsk until the last day, he is in good shape, he was especially in a hurry to be on time for the match and to play.
Emelin started the championship at Dynamo Minsk, for which he played 38 games, scored 9 points for assists with a utility indicator of “-13”.
Source : MatchTV
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