Interim Head Coach “Spartacus” Alexei Zavarukhin after defeating “Sochi” during the KHL Championship game, Fonbet said he was trying to change his team’s tactics to begin with.
On Thursday, Spartak beat the team from Sochi away – 3:2. The Red-Whites have already changed head coach twice this season, leaving the post on Sunday Igor Grischine .
– Although we scored good goals in the majority, the match was difficult. The result puts pressure on the team. Today the guys played for two points, the most important thing is that they won.
– After replacing Igor Grishin, what do you pay the most attention to?
“The first step was to change tactics. There is very little preparation time, but during several days of training we try to change tactics. Something works, something doesn’t. But we are working on it. Before that, there were several games where we lost points which were very important for us. But if we continue to win now, we have a great chance of reaching the playoffs”, quotes Zavarukhin.
Spartak is ninth in the KHL Western Conference standings with 60 points. The Red-Whites keep their chances of participating in the playoffs.
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Source : MatchTV

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