Defender “Metallurgist » Makar Khabarov told that head coach Andrei Razin managed to convey his confidence to the players, which led to the team’s success this season.
Metallurg won the Gagarin Cup; in the final series, Razin’s team was stronger than Lokomotiv with a score of 4-0. Khabarov played 23 matches in the playoffs and scored 3 (1+2) points with a utility indicator of -2.
— After the victory over Lokomotiv, I felt like I was in a fairy tale. Complete shock – I didn’t understand what happened.
— 4-0 — an unusual score for the final.
– It doesn’t matter what score you win with. The main thing is to raise the Cup above your head. We followed all the coach’s instructions, did everything we planned and didn’t let Lokomotiv get caught up in their play.
— Andrei Razin said at press conferences that he was confident in himself and tried to convey his confidence to the players. Did he succeed?
“It happens like this,” Khabarov told .
Metallurg became three-time winner of the Gagarin Cup; the Magnitogorsk club had already won it in the 2013/14 and 2015/16 seasons. In terms of the number of trophies, Metallurg is equal to Ak Bars (2009, 2010, 2018) and CSKA (2019, 2022, 2023).
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