Defender of Moscow “Spartacus” Daniel Ivanov noted the qualities of the goalkeeper “Metallurgy” Ilya Nabokov after the Fonbet Championship playoff match KHL .
On Tuesday, Spartak defeated Metallurg with a score of 1:0 in the fourth match of the second round. Ivanov scored an assist. Nabokov made 31 saves.
— Tell us about the only goal in this match.
— I just stopped, Ansel (Galimov) did all the work. Thanks to him, he was in the right place at the right time. We should have scored more goals, the match would have been calmer then.
— Did you get the impression that Metallurg didn’t create many chances?
– We have to give them credit. They created a lot of dangerous moments, but we did our job, we fought back and this is the result.
— What is Nabokov’s secret?
— We met him in the Russian national team. A good boy. Even more interesting, it is more difficult for a good goalkeeper to score. Ilya is an ordinary guy, a hard worker like all of us, ”reports correspondent, reporting Ivanov’s words.
The best-of-four series is tied 2-2. The teams will play their next match in Magnitogorsk on March 28.
Watch live broadcasts of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoff matches on the channel, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Source : MatchTV

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