Former head coach of the Russian national team Vladimir Pluschev explained why the first match of the Gagarin Cup final series between “Metallurgist” And “Lokomotiv” this did not prove very effective.
On Thursday, the Magnitogorsk team won a voluntary victory with a score of 2:1.
— Lokomotiv has a playing system that does not require much activity from the attackers. They wait for mistakes from the opponent and play hockey for a long time, as noted by many experts who monitor the team. We will probably have to return to the series, they had too long a break. It is difficult to replace the tone of the game with education and training sessions, because it is a completely different tension and impact. We therefore expected Lokomotiv to play this way; his game was never very productive. But Magnitogorsk also resisted, ran into the barriers erected by Lokomotiv, so the match turned out to be far from productive, the Championship quotes Plyushchev.
The second game of the series will take place on April 20. The third and fourth matches will take place in Yaroslavl on April 22 and 24.
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