Former head coach of the Russian national hockey team Vladimir Pluschev believes that Zinetula Bilyaletdinov he himself decided to leave Ak Bars.
On Friday, Bilyaletdinov announced that he was leaving the post of head coach of the Kazan club. The specialist will lead the team in December 2022.
— Zinetula decided this question himself. Of course, the team’s results also influenced this decision. But I think Zinetula made a decision first and foremost for himself. Time takes its toll. In Ak Bars, with such a selection of players, it will not be easy for any coach to work, ”Plyushchev told .
Ak Bars took fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings in the last KHL regular season. In the first round of the playoffs, the Kazan team was defeated by Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist with a score of 1-4.
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