Double Olympic champion Boris Maireov in a conversation with , he said that in the Gagarin Cup final during the match CSKA fatigue affects the fact that their path to the final was more difficult than that of “Ak Barca “.
In the first meeting of the final, which took place in Kazan on September 17, CSKA lost to Ak Bars with the score 1:4. In the first three rounds of the qualifiers, the army team played a total of 20 games against Severstal, Lokomotiv and SKA, while Kazan played 17 games against Neftekhimik, Admiral and Avangard.
– In the first match, the Kazan team really looked like an undisputed leader. I explain this by the fact that CSKA spent much more effort to reach the final than Ak Bars. The army team’s fatigue clearly affected their play in the opening game. After all, what is fatigue? Your attention is gone. The first goal against the Muscovites was the result of their grossest mistake in the middle zone. The army team played for the majority, but they themselves gave the puck to the opponent, allowed a one-on-one with the goaltender and conceded.
I note that CSKA in the first match was not as good in defense as in previous encounters with SKA. It was quite difficult for the Petersburgers to break through the gates of the Muscovites, always three or four army men were in their area in front of them. Yesterday CSKA looked different. It’s clear that the guests had to recover, but even so, you can’t forget the defense so much. There were obvious gaps in the defense of the army, which the newer Kazanians used very well, Mayorov told .
The second match of the final will take place on April 19 in Kazan.
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