Defender “Motorist » Kirill Vorobiev told that the players of the Yekaterinburg team relieved themselves of pressure by passing the first stage of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoffs.
Avtomobilist defeated Ak Bars in the first round of the Gagarin Cup with a score of 4-1 in the series. In the semifinals, the Yekaterinburg team faced Metallurg and lost after three matches with a score of 1–2.
— What are the nuances of the series with Magnitogorsk? If we compare with Ak Bars and SKA.
— Metallurg is a younger team. But I won’t say they completely outperform us. There is no. We have a more experienced team. Yes, it doesn’t work a bit. Now we weren’t lucky enough. In the first and second periods we had enough opportunities to increase our lead.
— “Avtomobilist” has already set a club record by reaching the bronze medals of the KHL. Do you now have a “Cinderella squad” mentality or does the gang come together at every turn?
— Before the playoffs started, as the final games of the regular season were going on, the guys and I talked and sat. And we just decided that we had to give all our strength to finally get through the first round and shoot the next ones. Many of our team members have been waiting for this opportunity for many years. The same Lekha Makeev has never walked this far. The guys wanted to have a vacation for their city and for themselves personally. That’s why we go out, we fight in every match, give everything, and we relieved the pressure, especially when we passed the first round,” Vorobiev told .
The fourth match of the series will take place on April 9 in Yekaterinburg, the meeting will start at 17:00 Moscow time. Watch the live broadcast of the Fonbet KHL championship match from 4:45 p.m. (Moscow time) on the channel and the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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