The head coach “Torpedo” Igor Larionov argued with the statement that his team can be considered an underdog in the series against the best teams in KHL .
On Monday, Torpedo was beaten by Dynamo Moscow (0-3) in the third game of the opening round of the Gagarin Cup and now loses in the series with the score of 1-2.
– In the last match, Torpedo scored five goals against Dynamo, and now – none. Something went wrong ?
– We can very well answer this question. We knew that if you give Dynamo an advantage in scoring, you get the super organized defensive system that is typical of this team. We asked the guys to start more aggressively, with puck control to use our best assets. We didn’t create many chances today and that’s not enough to win this game.
– Severstal leads 2-1 with CSKA, Admiral beats Salavat Yulaev by the same score. We are witnessing a riot of the oppressed. Why is this happening in the league, and will Torpedo be able to join this movement?
— Guys gain experience during the playoffs. And psychology is important, not to delve into yourself, not to kill yourself internally, but to get rid of that responsibility and go from zero to the game. The team has to emotionally dictate its terms.
We are ready to join this movement. But we don’t want to come across as an “outsider”, we want to get away from that word. We have a slightly different philosophy. And about that, we say that to the guys. After the game, they heard: “Everything we saw today was not up to our level. This is part of the process, which is called the playoffs, where we have to rebuild and win, ” correspondent reports in Larionov’s words.
Watch live broadcasts of KHL matches on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. On March 7, will broadcast the matches between the Admiral and Salavat Yulaev (from 12:25 p.m. Moscow time), as well as Neftekhimik and Ak Bars (from 4:45 p.m. Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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