Defender of Yaroslavllocomotive » Andrei Sergeyev believes that the team’s players have gained experience and will show a higher level of play in the new KHL season.
Tell us about your first match at the tournament.
– The game against Ak Bars, especially in their home tournament, is always a serious test. Of course, it’s nice to play with the strongest, the best. Want to win. But they played badly, they lost.
– Kazan made a strong impression with Yashkin and Zhafyarov? Svechnikov was also signed. Is it a candidate for the Cup?
– Listen, you can name many teams as contenders. And they are all pretenders until spring. Therefore, it is premature to speak now. There are a lot of strong teams in the league.
– Lokomotiv, one might say, signed two of your competitors – Gernat and Bereglazov. What do you think?
“I have never been afraid of competition. On the contrary, it gives growth. When you have strong partners, it energizes you, makes you work harder, play better. So that’s great, I think. If we talk about the guys themselves, then everyone knows Lyokha Bereglazov, he is in good standing. There are no questions here.
Martin Gernat is not known to many people, but it is clear that our management would not sign anyone, so I think that is also a reinforcement. In any case, I really like the way he plays.
— Has Lokomotiv become stronger? From the outside, it looks like many students are making decent progress.
– I agree. I think we have become stronger, more experienced. The youngsters have gained experience over the past year. Hopefully it will help us a lot, and we will already talk about it in a different way,” Metaratings.ru quotes Sergeev.
The new KHL season begins on September 1. In the first match, Lokomotiv will host Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on September 3.
Source : MatchTV
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