Athletistic/Hockey. Avangard hockey club head coach Sergei Zvyagin expressed his opinion on the transformation of Ak Bars’ style of play in the period after Zinetula Bilyaletdinov’s resignation from the post of head coach.

“Even before the first game of the season, we realized that Cassels looked good with the young Reinhardt and Filatiev. I talked with Cole, I emphasized the communication between the three, he is a very experienced and intelligent player, I invited them to the office, sat them down and offered my services as a translator for their communication. And Ilya and Alexander said that Cole just needed to speak a little slower, because they themselves understand a little and these conversations take place every day, analyzing the moments, analyzing them together.

There is a very big difference between Bilyaletdinov’s Ak Bars and Gatiyatulin’s Ak Bars. The style of play, the system… In addition, the composition has changed, great and great masters have left, and in their place came ambitious, fast and maneuverable guys who still want to conquer legendary names. The face of Ak Bars has changed. Bilyaletdinov had a super defense, and they pushed from there, and now Kazan is putting pressure on the entire field, “the correspondent of the” Championship “reports on Zvyagin’s words.



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