Spartak caretaker coach Alexei Zavarukhin after the defeat of CSKA (1-7) in the KHL championship game, Fonbet said that his team’s match with the army team did not work out from the word “completely”.
The hosts’ only goal in the third period was scored by Roman Starchenko, the match score at that time was 0:6.
“We had no right to play like this in a match where the fate of our participation in the qualifiers is decided,” Zavarukhin quoted. – Such matches decide the outcome of the whole season, and it is also a derby for us. But the game did not work from the word “absolutely”.
– What was the plan for CSKA?
— We wanted to play simpler and succeed through dedication. There were some good times at the start. But after two missed goals, the game fell apart.
– After such a defeat, do you think you wasted your strength and nerves leading the team?
We still have one game. True, now we also depend on the Dynamo Minsk game. Let’s move on. Today it didn’t work out, but we’ll keep going out and working. Hope dies last, miracles still happen.
At the end of this match, the “Spartak” with 64 points takes 9th place in the table of the Western Conference, behind the “Dynamo” of Minsk (66). Both teams have one more game to play – the Red-Whites will face Dynamo Moscow on February 26 and the Minskers will face Vityaz the day before. In case of finishing in the league with an equal number of points, Spartak will have an advantage in additional indicators (more wins in regular time).
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Source : MatchTV
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