Head Coach “Motorist” Nikolai Zavarukhin believes that the result of the match against “Neftekhimika” Nizhnekamsk’s second goal had a particularly strong impact.
On Tuesday, Avtomobilist lost to Neftekhimik in the Fonbet KHL Championship away match (3:4). The Urals led 3-1, but allowed the hosts to level the score, then missed the decisive goal a second before the end of extra time.
– Good speed, a lot of scoring chances, – the correspondent of “” reports the words of Zavarukhin. – The key factor was that after taking a 3-1 lead, we conceded straight away, in the next shift. This goal was a game-changer. Although in the minority, they performed well. Well, we also conceded an unpleasant goal a second before the end of extra time. But it’s a sport. Someone is lucky, but someone…will be lucky next time.
“You recently met Neftekhimik in Nizhnekamsk. Similar matches?
— We also took the lead there, but we couldn’t convert our chances and Neftekhimik punished us on counterattacks. And now the opponent was pressing, so the matches turned out to be different. Today we had to lead the game to victory.
“Avtomobilist” takes second place in the KHL Eastern Conference table. “Neftekhimik” – the eighth.
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