Former Lokomotiv striker Vladimir Antipov told that the Yaroslavl team should be lucky in the fourth match of the Gagarin Cup final series against Magnitogorsk Metallurg.
Monday “Locomotive” lost at home “Metallurgist” (1:2 OT) in overtime of the third game of the final series of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoffs. Lokomotiv loses the series with a score of 0 to 3.
— It seems to me that Lokomotiv will be interested in this series. Somewhere he must be lucky, in a match of course, otherwise there is some bad luck in converting chances, and even Lokomotiv concedes simple goals in their own goal.
— Former Lokomotiv head coach Pyotr Vorobyov said the team lacked experience to play in the final. Do you agree with this?
— Yes, there are a lot of young people on the team, they play pretty good hockey. But there are older guys in the team whose cup matches I would like to see more of – I’m talking about the team leaders who have been in Yaroslavl for a long time.
— Why don’t we see the game presented by Lokomotiv in the previous episodes. A game that we admired. Why did this phenomenal physics disappear?
– Hard to say. But this is the merit of Metallurg, who plays well with the puck and acts responsibly in defense. It is not clear why Lokomotiv, which looked very confident against CSKA, Avangard and Traktor, shows such hockey after a short time. But all the guys are trying, fighting – there are no questions in that regard,” Antipov told .
The fourth match of the four-win series will take place in Yaroslavl on April 24.
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