Spartak forward Ilya Kovalchuk told that the hockey players of the Moscow team were practicing penalties after the defeat against Ak Bars.
On Sunday “Spartacus” lost in a shootout to Ak Bars Kazan in an away match of the regular season of the Fonbet KHL Championship with a score of 3:4. On Tuesday, the “red and white” defeated the capital’s “Dynamo” – 6:3.
— Why doesn’t Spartak lead the shootings? Because of this, they lost to Ak Bars in Kazan.
– We’re going to practice. On Monday we practiced penalties. If this had happened to them now in the match against Dynamo, I think we would have definitely scored a few goals.
— What do you think of the three failed attempts?
— Belyay (Timur Bilyalov) played very well. He’s such an unconventional goalie in that regard. Nothing, I wanted to help the team and score a goal. Did not work. It’s better to try and fail than not try at all.
— To what extent were you inspired by the goal scored by Ak Bars with the score 2:3, when you sent the match to extra time?
– Look, I have to do something too. When the coaching staff trusts me and sends me sixth on the ice without the goalkeeper, then the team’s task is to score. And he who is on the ground is not a warrior. All the guys played very well. Chaika (Michal Czajkowski) passed the ball, Goldoba (Nikolai Goldobin) jumped in time and hit the puck well. Everyone tried and thank God it worked,” Kovalchuk told .
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