Head Coach “Ak Barsa” Anvar Gatiyatulin after the tournament match Nikolai Puchkov vs. SKA said his team was disappointed with the discipline.
On Sunday, Ak Bars was defeated by SKA (3:4). During the regular time, the match ended in a draw (3:3); in the penalty shootout, the home team was stronger.
— We are in pre-season preparation. We set ourselves the task of testing combinations and playing chances. It was important for us that the guys played at a high level throughout the match. We received a lot of information that we will analyze and adjust before the start of the season. All the matches of the preparatory tournament are played in waves: first one team is in the lead, then the other. Our discipline let us down; we lacked concentration on our money. But we did not give up and continued to play, “the correspondent reports, quoting Gatiyatulin.
On August 26, Ak Bars will meet the Russian Olympic team at a tournament in St. Petersburg.
The new season of the FONBET KHL Championship starts on September 3.
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