Moscow CoachSpartacus » Igor Grischine explained why the first period of the game against Petersburg S.K.A. proved a failure for his team.
On Tuesday, Spartak lost to SKA in the Fonbet match of the KHL Championship with the score 2:3 (0:2, 2:1, 0:0).
– Our team is quite young. I think today not all the guys thought it was possible to play with SKA on an equal footing, so the first half was unsuccessful. It’s gratifying that they didn’t give up more, they tried to turn things around. I think it turned out to be an interesting, double-edged sword. With SKA scoring two goals, it is impossible to win. Today, SKA won again.
We analyzed previous matches, watched how SKA played with other teams. We often meet SKA, we know the opponent well. We called the guys back for a few moments, but we didn’t do anything special during the preparation.
Today I was unhappy with the start of the match. We set up the guys that two identical teams go out, the same people play hockey, it doesn’t matter who wins how much. You are out and must fight for victory. We have a lot of young people. I think there is not enough experience. We start playing not from the beginning. Guys have uncertainty in games against top teams,” Grishin said.
The Moscow club with 51 points is on the seventh line of the Western Conference. In the next game, the Red-Whites will host Traktor Chelyabinsk on January 13.
Source : MatchTV
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