“Before the game, they told the guys that Neftekhimik is now on the rise, they confidently beat Salavat in the last game, and the team is fighting hard for the playoffs. In principle, they started well, they have attacked, they were in a foreign zone. But inattention, exit one against one and a goal in our gates.
It’s the same with the second conceded goal: the minority survived until the end, but then small bad decisions, for which “Neftekhimik” was punished. Then the guys fought, tried, created chances. In the end, there were plenty of chances for the forwards. But such intensity, such movement and such struggle must have taken place from the first minutes of the match. Yes, and to score a goal in two matches, it’s hard to count on wins,” Kravets told the KHL official website.
Source: Sport

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