Defender of Moscow “Spartacus” Daniel Ivanov after a home defeat against Magnitogorsk “Metallurgy” in a conversation with a correspondent, he expressed hope of improving results next season.
Spartak finished the regular season in fourth place in the KHL Western Conference. In the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup, the “red-whites” defeated Severstal with a score of 4 to 1, but in the quarterfinals Alexei Zhamnov’s team lost to Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2 to 4.
— What did Spartak lack to bring the series back to Magnitogorsk?
— It’s hard to say now. Everyone had a colossal desire, and after each period the desire only grew, we didn’t look at the score and we tried to turn the situation around.
I honestly don’t know what the reason is, it just wasn’t our day.
— Is it nice that the fans pushed the team forward, even when it became clear that you won’t be able to return to this match?
– Not only for this game, but for the whole season, the fans should get their due, every game, every game, no matter how it happened, they always supported. They are very grateful.
— Do you think you have become an important part of Spartak’s historic season?
“It would have been a historic season if we had progressed higher, but so far we have failed to get past the quarter-finals.” But the coaching team remains, everyone in the team will work, we will see how everything goes next year, I hope the result will be better,” Ivanov told .
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