Captain of Omsk “Avant-garde » Damir Sharipzianov after the first playoff victory with Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, he spoke to about the mood in the team.
“Avangard” in the third match of the playoff series of the second round of the Fonbet KHL Championship defeated Lokomotiv (2:1 OT). On Tuesday, there was a change of coach at the Omsk club. Mikhail Kravets was fired, and Sergei Zvyagin became an actor.
— How do you like the match?
— Good, tight, as it should be in the playoffs. In some places, maybe tedious, fast-paced hockey, without staying in anyone else’s zone.
— Did your mood improve after this victory?
– Naturally, yes. It’s good to win, especially after defeats like 0:7. I’m glad our team found the strength within itself.
– But in this match, you made mistakes, lost players. The railway workers miraculously did not score the second goal.
— Let’s start with the fact that Lokomotiv is a very good team. All the media support them. But Avangard is only supported by Omsk and our fans. Of course they have a good organized team. Of course they will have chances, they will linger in the area. This isn’t the first season they’ve been with this core. It will be a difficult series for us. And for them too. We will try to create problems for them and win. Of course we want to win the series. But we only think about the next match. What will happen next is unknown.
— There are advanced xG statistics, according to which Lokomotiv scored one goal in the last match (1.21), but scored seven goals (7:0). How is it?
– I don’t know, to be honest. I was surprised myself. They had quite a few chances. We didn’t go to that game at all, so to speak. We must turn to those who considered this “XG”. It was in this match that our indicator could not be higher than that of our opponent. But it turned out to be so,” Sharipzyanov told .
Lokomotiv leads 2-1 in the best-of-four series. The fourth match of these teams will take place on Friday in Yaroslavl.
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