The head coach “Lokomotiv” Igor Nikitin after the match with “Tractor” said that he would not comment on the words addressed to his team by the coach of the Chelyabinsk team, Alexei Zavarukhin.
On Thursday, Lokomotiv won the second match of the third round of the Gagarin Cup playoffs at home against Traktor (3:2 in overtime). In the fourth minute of overtime, local striker Georgy Ivanov scored the decisive goal. The series score became 2-0 in favor of Lokomotiv. Traktor goalkeeper Zach Fucale was injured in the first match after a collision with Lokomotiv striker Maxim Shalunov.
— Alexey Zavarukhin said that in Chelyabinsk they would organize a tougher confrontation with Lokomotiv. Are your guys ready for battle?
— Hockey involves them. It wasn’t just the boys from the street who came in. No problem. I cannot comment on the comments of my colleagues. But we are ready for this.
— How did your team react to Karpukhin’s missed goal?
– Why get upset? The score appears to be 0:0. Time passed – we adjusted what needed to be done. And we went to overtime.
— What needs to be done so that the series does not go as planned with Avangard until the seventh game?
“Man proposes, but God disposes. » I don’t want to throw slogans. I completely understand what awaits us. We must overcome this. This is our path.
— Are you going to adapt your game model to Chelyabinsk?
“We didn’t show complete hockey today. There were times when we allowed ourselves to underwork. Of course, we will correct this.
— Zavarukhin accused Chalunov of not even apologizing to Fucale, which caused him injuries. Do you support this?
— As during fasting, do not eat meat. Why would a person want unpleasant things? I don’t even want to comment on my colleague’s comments,” Nikitin said, as quoted by a correspondent.
The third match of the series will take place on April 6 in Chelyabinsk.
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Source : MatchTV
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