ahead of Moscow CSKA Sergei Plotnikov believes that the army team is capable of winning the Gagarin Cup, despite an unsuccessful start to the season in the KHL.
On Tuesday, CSKA lost to Metallurg Magnitogorsk at home 4-2, after suffering their second defeat in three title matches in the league.
“We have to score more goals and play better defensively. First, we have conceded the majority, which we are not allowed. Second, don’t make stupid mistakes. We seem like a serious team. But I think everything will be fine. Then we’ll talk about it, remove all these nuances. We will be better.
– This is not the first year that CSKA has stalled at the start of the championship. Maybe it makes no sense to refuel at the beginning?
– Well, yes, and the statistics say that with a slow start we will eventually win the Gagarin Cup. If it’s still the same now, I’ll be happy.
— Magnitogorsk head coach Andrey Razin gave you a lot of trouble with Severstal in the first round of the playoffs last season. What has he brought to the Metallurg game?
– His hockey, which he loves. The same as with Severstal. It’s just that now he has a slightly higher player selection. This is not a reproach, of course, to the guys from Cherepovets. It now has more skilled hockey players. Magnitogorsk’s style is fast, offensive, guys move the puck fast, run every shot. An agile team on the offensive.
— You scored your 50th goal for CSKA.
– Yes? I did not know. Therefore, I cannot yet express my emotions, ”reports the correspondent of according to the words of Plotnikov.
CSKA have won two Gagarin Cups in the last two KHL seasons.
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