Saint Petersburg head coach S.K.A. Romain Rotenberg rated the performance of the team in the match of the pre-season tournament Nikolay Puchkov against “Sochi” .
On Wednesday in St. Petersburg, SKA beat Sochi 4:3 (0:2, 2:0, 2:1).
— Great match, strong opponent, fast team. They left with a younger team. We wanted to show the bold hockey of the young players from the first second, but somewhere the game didn’t go well. We had a serious discussion after the first period, the guys showed character. Added during the game. We continue to work, the next match will be the most important.
(Forward Ivan) Zinchenko is one of the main players, he will play a lot this season. He, like the whole team, had a serious “pre-season”. Today it’s time to release him, he scored a good goal from the first team. He has an important role in the team. We are looking forward to it in the next matches.
“Ali Time” is a serious bar. (Forward Vladimir) Alistrov is making serious progress, adding game after game. Today, he showed will, character, it’s a good sign for us, ”reports the correspondent of according to the words of Rotenberg.
In the next game of the tournament, SKA will face Sibir on August 25.
The Nikolai Puchkov tournament will take place in Saint Petersburg from August 21 to 26.
Source : MatchTV
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