Head Coach “Salavata Yulaeva” Victor Kozlov said that a major defeat of “Motorist” will not emotionally affect the team’s hockey players, since many of them have already experienced this during their careers.
On Saturday, Salavat Yulaev lost heavily to Avtomobilist in the KHL regular season match with a score of 1:6. Salavat Yulaev suffered his first defeat this season.
“I think that such a defeat does not emotionally hurt the team.” The guys are all adults, many are veterans who have experienced this. Yes, you should not play so adventurously, you have to improve in this sense. In terms of quality, it is far from what we can do today. I am sure that we can play better. If you lose your concentration a little with the best teams, they punish you immediately. And I no longer have the strength to come back into the game.
In the second period, we had chances, a chance to score, but (Avtomobilist goalie) Alikin played well. In the third, they decided to take a risk and because of that, they started making more mistakes. They deserved it today… luck turned the other way. But in two days, we have a top team again, we are preparing for it. As for our deletions, I do not fully agree with some deletions. But this is a game, we all have our own vision. Hockey is an emotional sport.
— It seemed like your leaders were looking boring today.
— I don’t agree, the leaders played well today.
— Don’t you think the team spent too much emotion in the home series?
– Emotionally – maybe. We have a lot of guys training. It’s not nice to play when the fans are pushing their team forward. If you fumble and don’t have time to clear the puck out of the zone, the fans start screaming and Avtomobilist starts applying additional pressure.
— Could there be changes in the composition depending on the results of the defeat?
— There will be, but not as a punishment, it will be a search for options: we can strengthen ourselves, give someone a rest, try to find new combinations. So, yes, there can be changes, “the correspondent reports, based on Kozlov’s words.
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