“At the beginning there were players who did not reach the level of play” – Razin, head coach of Metallurg

The head coach “Metallurgy” Andrei Razin said that at the beginning of the sixth game with Avtomobilist, hockey players came onto the ice who did not reach the level of the meeting.

On Saturday, Metallurg lost to Avtomobilist in the sixth match of the Gagarin Cup semi-final series (3:5). The score in the series is 3-3, the teams are waiting for the seventh meeting, which will take place in Magnitogorsk.

“The day didn’t start well; we conceded the stupidest first goal. We didn’t play worse in the first half, but it was the only half that was even in terms of play, oddly enough. In the second half we completely dominated the opponent, but the goals came to us. The third was also played in someone else’s zone, but they scored only one goal. What can we do? -let’s do, let’s wait and prepare for the seventh game.

— Do you agree that Magnitogorsk was inferior in the first minutes for almost the first time in the series?

– No, I don’t agree that Metallurg was inferior in terms of speed or gameplay. From my bell tower, everything seemed different. Let’s say it bluntly, we lost people who did not reach the level of today’s game. And the team looked good, there were some good moments.

— Who in particular has not reached the level of play?

– You are some kind of provocateur, not a journalist… Choose your own style, which you repeat after your other colleagues. Find a path through which you can break through. And you want to follow your colleagues… Not all hockey players want to be Malkin and Ovechkin.

—Would you like to give these people some pink sweaters to unfurl?

“I would give pink T-shirts to some of the other people who were on the field.” People. With the names that rang out,” reports the correspondent, reporting Razine’s comments.

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