Honored Coach of Russia Vladimir Plushev compared the game S.K.A. And CSKA with other Gagarin Cup semi-finalists – Ak Barsom And “Avant-garde” noting that the KHL Western Conference finalists are showing more struggle and moments.
The first meeting between SKA and CSKA took place in St. Petersburg and ended with the victory of the guests in the third overtime with the score 3:2.
– SKA and CSKA did not play in the first game like Ak Bars and Avangard yesterday (Omsk won 3: 2. – approx.), – Plyushchev tells RB Sport. – There was still a struggle, moments, intrigues. What must the Petersburgers do to win? They have a very large coaching staff, they have consultants, they know how to build a game better. Everything works there, as I heard, according to the system.
– Roman Rotenberg always says it. But at the same time, he adds that the system needs to be improved.
“Maybe nothing is permanent. There is always something to improve, especially in sports.
– No one impressed you in the first match?
— It was a tough, equal game. The first playoff games are often like that. It’s like the first game of the World Cup, no matter who you face. You have to “roll” in the tournament, feel the connections. CSKA had a tough seven-game streak, but they were on their toes. Pitertsy, on the contrary, rested for a long time, they were hardly prepared in such a way as to throw everything in the first game.
– Will CSKA survive further in this mode? They have long streaks behind them, in the very first game against SKA – two overtimes.
– I think it will last. We have many teams gaining form just through the game. This is part of the coaching plan. For CSKA, such a playoff is a moral and physical hardening. They have time to recover. There are doctors, experienced masseurs. I know the doctor, he worked in the national team. Everything will depend on the preparation of the players. But I think the match in St. Petersburg will not look like the one played yesterday by Ak Bars and Avangard. There, one of the teams, such an impression, remembered that it was necessary to play hockey, only in the third period.
The second match of the confrontation will take place on Tuesday, April 4 in Saint Petersburg. Watch the live broadcast of the match on the federal channel, matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites starting at 7:15 p.m. Moscow time.
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Source : MatchTV
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