SKA Head Coach Romain Rotenberg said the loss to Dynamo Minsk in the opener of the Gagarin Cup qualifiers taught the team a lesson.
On March 1, SKA was defeated by Dynamo Minsk (4:6) in the opening match of the first round of the Fonbet KHL Championship qualifiers.
– We were seriously preparing the opponent, we understood that he had played 10 matches on the verge of relegation. Somewhere we fell out of game tone. The first pancake is lumpy, but there is time to arrange everything. We will work to please our fans in the next game.
I wouldn’t say we played the best game of the season. Maybe even the worst game of all time. Somewhere the pressure had its effect, the stands were full. A solid team, they have a lot of Canadians, guys who played with confidence, they have nothing to lose. Today’s game is a lesson for us, it’s important not to make such mistakes in the future. The opponent was not surprised. We are playing against this coach, Woodcroft, for the third season. A solid coaching staff that changes tactics during the match. We are completely confident in our abilities, we will continue to work, ”reports the correspondent to Rotenberg’s comments.
The teams will play the second game of the series on March 3 in St. Petersburg. Watch the live broadcast on the channel starting at 7:15 p.m. (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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