The Moscow attacker “Dynamo” Maxim Dzhioshvili after winning the KHL playoff series against Minsk “Dynamo” said it was difficult for his team to perform in the early stages of matches.
On Tuesday, Dynamo Moscow beat visiting Dynamo Minsk with a score of 3:1. Maxim Dzhioshvili scored with a goal.
Alexey Kudashov’s team reached the quarterfinals of the Gagarin Cup, winning the series with a score of 4-2. In the quarter-finals of the Gagarin Cup, the Moscow club will meet Chelyabinsk Traktor.
— After the last match, the Minsk residents talked a lot about the psychological advantage they had. Did you feel anything like this?
– Only if you consider the benefit of your ice cream. But we have been trying all season to prepare for this moment. It’s not for nothing that they took first place. Thank God we scored and won.
— The start of the match turned out to be difficult for you, since the Minsk team was still inspired by the previous victory. Do they always start out as animals in Minsk?
“They started every game like animals. In the first half we just had to work at it. I wasn’t really interested in hockey, it was more about work. Then it got a little easier.
— What moment of the match was the most difficult for you and the team?
— The whole series was difficult, because, as you saw, they played very tight, fast and didn’t really allow them to run away. They worked hard, it was really hard. But we pulled out all the stops almost in every game and won in a lot of games, and that’s what happened in this one.
— In the regular season, Dynamo Moscow won many matches thanks to the majority, to what extent do such matches give confidence in the playoffs, after all, the match was made by the lower links?
“That’s the key to a winning team.” When each link at a given moment, when the leaders are not doing well, can support the team, ”reports the correspondent of , according to Dzhioshvili’s words.
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