Former head coach of the Russian national team Vladimir Pluschev believes that “Avant-garde” in the third game of the KHL playoff series with Lokomotiv, he made amends with the fans for his failure at home in the second game of the confrontation.
In the third match of the series, Avangard defeated Lokomotiv in overtime with a score of 2:1. Avangard played the first match under the leadership of Sergei Zvyagin, who replaced Mikhail Kravets as head coach. In the second match of the series, the Omsk team lost at home with a score of 0:7, after which Kravets left the team.
“Vanguard had nowhere to retreat in today’s match. They made amends with their supporters for the home failure they caused in the second match of the series. The Omsk team understood perfectly well that if they lost the third match, the chances of reaching the next round would become very slim. That is why Avangard played very cautiously against Lokomotiv, did not use all their offensive abilities and was afraid of being counterattacked. The main thing is that we got results, but not in the sense that we replaced the coach and everything went well. I guess Avangard will withdraw this series,” Plyushchev told .
Lokomotiv leads the best-of-four series with a score of 2-1. The fourth match will take place on Friday in Yaroslavl.
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Source : MatchTV
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