Former head coach of the Russian national team and SKA Vyacheslav Bykov believes that “AK bars “can save himself in the first round of the KHL playoffs, in which he loses to “To the motorist » with a score of 0 to 3.
The fourth match of the series will take place on Wednesday in Yekaterinburg.
— I’m watching the KHL playoffs with interest. Here Ak Bars is flying in the series with a score of 0 to 3. Isn’t that amazing? – said Bykov.
– How incredible! Well, Kazan won’t win the series?
– I wouldn’t say that. I know Khaidarych (Zinetula Bilyaletdinov) as a very experienced specialist with extensive experience. I don’t dare say that it’s all over.
“Avtomobilist” is interesting, it has been under construction for several years. But the last step of the series is not easy to take when you lead 3-0. There have been examples where a team was selected with such a score.
— Your SKA did it in 2015, when it won a series with CSKA. Vadim Shipachev, who now plays in Ak Bars, played in this team. What should he say in the Kazan locker room?
— Vadik is unlikely to tell the story of 2015. It’s a different era. Although he remembers very well what happened then. But if one is convinced that the series can be saved this way, then Vadim will be able to motivate the Ak Bars guys. Every nuance plays a huge role, especially in such a situation. And there seems to be no margin for error, but the pressure on Avtomobilist will be greater in the fourth game. This psychological moment is very interesting when one team wants to survive, and the other wants to put an end to it. Just a battle of two passions. Which will win out: the belief that you can or the worm of doubt? How much do you want to be saved?
— Ak Bars is too overloaded with older stars.
— I won’t advise Zinetula how to find a balance. But each player must give everything he can for the good of the team. Selfishness must be put aside. We put the team first. “I believe that Ak Bars can release this series – period by period, step by step,” Bykov said for .
In 2015, SKA lost to CSKA in the Western Conference final with a score of 0–3, but then won four victories and won the series. In the Gagarin Cup final series, SKA defeated Ak Bars with a score of 4-1.
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