Head coach of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist Nikolai Zavarukhin named the reasons for the defeat in the seventh match of the Gagarin Cup semi-finals against Magnitogorsk Metallurg.
The meeting in Magnitogorsk ended with a score of 3:2 in favor of Magnitogorsk, who later became the winner of the Gagarin Cup.
— “Metallurg” was also a racing team, but also a technical team. What was the bet against them?
— We asked the guys to shorten their shifts. “Ak Bars” and SKA did not move like “Magnitka” during the three periods, they are very fast, we had to play harder against them, it was not enough. In the seventh game, the first period was not very good, it influenced the outcome of the match, our missed goals were not exactly playoff goals, they influenced the fate of the match and the series .
—Now, do you understand what was missing in game seven? It seemed like they were approaching her very passively.
— Yes, I felt some aches in the first period. Psychology presses, if you are psychologically tense, then your legs will not move. In the morning, the team looked really cool during the warm-up. We looked slow at the start of the match, the opponent looked faster. Then we equalized the match, but this period was not enough for us. And so the guys went out, fought, there are no questions, ”Zavarukhin is quoted in the Championship.
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