Former Russian national team defender Alexander Khavanov, speaking on , analyzed the reasons for the fight over the penny between the player “Ak Barca » Alexander Radulov and its counterpart of “petrochemical » Andrei Chivilev in the KHL playoff game.
Midway through the second period of Game 2 of the Gagarin Cup first-round series in Kazan, Radulov pushed Chivilev back onto the ice, but did not finish him off. Andrei got up from the ice and tried to continue the fight. Then Radulov delivered another blow. Maxim Goncharov (Neftekhimik) and Ilya Safonov (Ak Bars) also took part in the fight. The meeting in Kazan ended with the score 4:1 in favor of the owners of the ice.
– The struggle for a penny is a common thing. And it’s hard to contain emotions. Nobody likes to give in. Nobody wants to back down. Especially in the playoffs, because it’s a different kind of hockey. This does not surprise me.
– Why is it “Ak Bars”?
– It doesn’t matter: the boss, not the boss. There, it all started with the young Raul Yakupov, born in 2004 [«Нефтехимик”] on a five. He can’t move either.
We believe that any sport is pure skill or pure technique, speed. But there’s a lot of emotional stuff going on on set that you can’t contain. This is a contest of health, strength and whatever. Not only in skill, – said Khavanov on the air of .
The score in the series up to four wins is 1-1. The next game in the series will take place in Nizhnekamsk on March 5.
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Source : MatchTV
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