Head coach of Avtomobilist Nikolai Zavarukhin believes that the Yekaterinburg team is capable of saving the Gagarin Cup semi-final series with Magnitogorsk Metallurg.
On Sunday “Motorist” lost to Magnitka in overtime with a score of 2:3 in the third game of the KHL playoff series. The series score is 2 to 1 in favor of the Magnitogorsk team. The fourth match will take place on April 9 in Yekaterinburg.
— A quick match on both sides. We and the opponent had chances in the first half. We couldn’t get out of the zone for a long time, and moments later we played poorly on the shift. It left an imprint. It’s great to get through the game and finally tie the score. But in overtime, they missed an easy goal. We are recovering, we are preparing more, all the matches are ahead.
— How serious is Stepan Khripunov’s injury?
— I can’t say yet, there will be an exam.
— Don’t you think that Avtomobilist worked overtime without preparation?
– I wouldn’t say that. Macek had a good chance to finish. The first shift – I immediately changed the guys. Other units came out and they also created chances. We had good emotions in the locker room after scoring the goal.
— Did you act more aggressively in equal teams? We scored the first goal of the series in a 5-on-5 situation.
— I want more attackers. I hope that in the next matches, the threat will weigh more on the Metallurg goal.
— In the last two series, you took the lead, but now you have to win back.
– It’s okay, it’s sport. You must be ready to face all the twists and turns of the game. It is a team action to play correctly in difficult situations.
— Will the team be able to win back the series?
– I think it will work.
— How do you rate the playoff play of Maxim Denezhkin, who replaced the injured Curtis Volk?
— He didn’t spoil the picture, he played very well in Magnitogorsk. I can’t rate the match at the moment. But if the team lost, then everyone played badly, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Zavarukhin’s words.
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