Forward “Siberia” Nikita Setdikov after defeating Avangard in the opening game of the Gagarin Cup first round, he said that psychologically, this victory could affect the whole series as a whole.
On Thursday, Sibir beat Avangard in Omsk 2-1 in extra time. The hosts opened the scoring in the 58th minute of the game, but Novosibirsk bounced back after 73 seconds and scored the winning goal in extra time, which Setdikov scored.
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– A good match turned out, we played until the first mistake, – the correspondent reports Setdikov’s words. — The Omsk team scored first, but we evened the score very quickly, and that worked psychologically in our favor, helping to score a goal in extra time. It’s very important to win the first away game.
– Especially if the victory is nervous and voluntary?
– No, if we had won 4:0, the feelings would have been the same. The main thing was to win, because psychologically such a start will determine the whole series.
– In the regular season, you promised to save goals for the playoffs.
Well, it turns out he kept his word. We saw the opponent changing links and caught him on the shift. We took most of the Avangard apart, we know how to close it.
Second meeting between “Avant-garde” And “Siberia” will take place on Saturday in Omsk.
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