Metallurg head coach Andrei Razin after the second match with “Lokomotiv” during the Gagarin Cup final series, he said that for the first time in his coaching career he wanted to finish the season without a fine for criticizing the refereeing.
“Metallurgist” won a second home victory against the Yaroslavl team (1:0). The rivals will continue the series in Yaroslavl on April 22.
— We lost on penalties, but we looked decent in the match. We – with victory.
— Has Lokomotiv become different?
“The guys there are big and it was important for us not to lose our nickel.” They were determined to bury the goal. The puck was moving side by side, but our guys held on and didn’t give in.
— Was Denis Zernov injured in a collision with the side?
“He’s fine, he played after that.”
— Did you doubt that the goal scored by Lokomotiv at the very end would be counted?
“From my point of view, I didn’t see that moment at all.” But our video coach immediately let the bench know that there had been a hand pass. Our guys on the ice confirmed it.
— Did you try to “blow up” the match?
– We tried to do that. And in the third period they had a few good counterattacks – for example, when Mikhailis and Orekhov faced off two on one. Lokomotiv finally opened up, although it seemed like they had spent a lot of time playing.
— Were you surprised when your goal was not counted?
— The line runs along the heel of the skate, although there is still a glass and a blade. I still know more, but if I start getting more involved, I will definitely be fined 300,000 rubles. I would like to go a season without it for the first time in my coaching career.
– But the ending is worth it!
— If you only share it with a correspondent: 150 thousand each.
— Igor Nikitin compared this match to the work of a brigade of dice makers. It seems?
– I didn’t play dice. I know the rules, I’ve seen them in movies. But I don’t know the psychology of dice makers. What is Lokomotiv really playing? “A very strict retreat from the defense and the middle zone, a very tight game in our own zone,” reports the correspondent of , reports Razin’s words.
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