Severstal Striker Igor Geraskin believes that Cherepovets lives for hockey in the KHL playoffs, while in Moscow the fans were not very active for the first game of the first round.
CSKA won the first game of the first round of the KHL playoff series against Severstal with a score of 5:2. The Army team leads 1-0 in the best-of-four series.
— Every hockey game is like a party for Cherepovets. There will be a full stadium in the home games against CSKA. As far as I know, all tickets for both matches have already been sold out. We will try to put people in a good mood. Let’s try to win. This series is just the beginning. Only the first match is over.
— Were you surprised that the stands of the CSKA arena were half empty?
– To be honest, yes. I thought there would be more people. But this question is not for me. I won’t say I’m really offended that Moscow audiences don’t come to Severstal. But I would like to see more people. When there are a lot of people, it’s more interesting to play. Even when this full stadium is absent. It’s nice and cool when the fans pick on you,” the correspondent reports, in Geraskin’s words.
3,850 spectators gathered for the first match between CSKA and Severstal, with a capacity of 12,100 people (32% occupancy).
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Source : MatchTV
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