Former Deputy General Manager of “The Admiral” Kamil Hajiyev in an interview with , he said that Metallurg hockey players needed financial motivation to win the Gagarin Cup.
On Wednesday, March 1, the first round of the Gagarin Cup begins. The fourth and fifth teams in the Eastern Conference, Avtomobilist and Metallurg, will start the series on Thursday in Yekaterinburg. Each playoff goes up to four wins.
– If Metallurg started the series at home, I would definitely call it a favorite. This team has a tradition of deep cutting. I think Magnitogorsk quickly solved the problem of reaching the playoffs and relaxed a bit at the finish line. But even having slowed down, Metallurg finished the championship normally.
How do you shake the well-fed cats in the playoffs from a manager’s perspective? First, I’m sure there is a financial motivation. This is what you can offer Yegor Yakovlev, when he already had everything? Olympics, cups… Secondly, Magnitogorsk have an unfinished gestalt last season, when they were 3-1 in the final against CSKA and failed to win the Gagarin Cup. One step was not enough.
From then on, in the locker room, you can make a fiery speech: “Boys, you didn’t make it last year. Do it now! Well, and most importantly – bonuses, money. We all know how it works. By skill, we understand that Magnitogorsk could well become a champion,” Gadzhiev told .
Watch live broadcasts of the matches of the first round of the Gagarin Cup on the federal channel , as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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