Lada head coach Oleg Bratash told that it was difficult for the Togliatti team to resist Omsk Avangard in the first round of the KHL playoffs.
Lada has not played in the KHL since the 2017/18 season and returned to the league this season. In the first season after returning, the Togliatti club took seventh place in the Eastern Conference and reached the playoffs. In the first round, Oleg Bratash’s team lost to Avangard Omsk in five matches.
— Do you now see a scenario in which Lada could participate in a series with Avangard?
— If we take each game separately, then yes. If one player doesn’t make any mistakes in one match, if someone else doesn’t make another mistake in another episode… then yes, ideally we could have taken this series, of course.
But still, it must be admitted that it is difficult to resist an opponent who currently has no problems. “Vanguard” is in perfect condition. Now, if the people of Omsk had given a little breathing space, we would have had more opportunities. But it seemed to me that Avangard took us seriously,” Bratash told .
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