The head coach “Tractors » Alexei Zavarukhin after the defeat against Lokomotiv, he declared that the Chelyabinsk club would appeal to the league demanding to review the episode of the railway workers’ attack on goalkeeper Zach Fucale.
The first match of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoff semi-final series in Yaroslavl ended with a score of 5:2 in favor of Lokomotiv. At the end of the second period, Traktor lost its main goaltender Zack Fucale due to a collision with Maxim Shalunov. He was replaced in the goal of the Chelyabinsk club by Sergei Mylnikov, who missed three goals.
– Let’s say there are a lot of questions: a big or small pause is boring. It comes from our heads. We played well for the first 10 minutes today, but then we started playing badly. We must return to our winning parameters. Now this has been told to the guys. The game didn’t work at all, but in one day everything can be changed.
— What about Zach Fucale’s health?
– It’s a military secret.
— Second-half goals: Did Lokomotiv force them into mistakes or were the players unprepared?
— No, it’s not Yaroslavl. We played poorly ourselves. We made some unusual mistakes that we didn’t make in the series with Dynamo.
— How would you assess Sergei Mylnikov’s level of preparation? He’s not in good shape.
– It’s a bit our mistake. But no one thought Zach would suffer a ridiculous injury. This is at the discretion of the league. We will consider this point.
Before the third goal, I caught the referee’s attention, there was an impact. We came to play hockey. But if there are attacks against our goalkeeper, we will not stop there.
— Lokomotiv’s fourth line made the match. What to do about it?
– You won’t believe it – we haven’t looked at the first or fourth link in Yaroslavl. It wasn’t like the first formation was against the first formation. No such task existed. We will try to play our hockey, which brings us results,” reports the correspondent of , according to Zavarukhin’s words.
The second match of the series will take place on April 4 in Yaroslavl.
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Source : MatchTV
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