Head coach of Ekaterinburg Avtomobilist Nikolai Zavarukhin After the FONBET KHL championship match against Lada Togliatti, he explained how his team managed to win.
Sunday “Motorist” beat Lada with a score of 1:0. Nick Merkley scored the goal.
— A close game on both sides, despite the score. Both we and the opponent had good moments. The game went until the goal, and it was good that we scored that goal. The main period was the second half, where we had three two-on-one outings. Overall, we played well. Congratulations to the fans for their victory.
— Lada has a strong majority according to statistics. Have you prepared for this?
— Every team looks at how the opponent plays. That determines which hockey player will play. It’s great that we had a lot of blocked shots, that the guys played on the back foot and that the goalie played very well. We finally killed time well, especially when there were incomprehensible suppressions.
— In the third period, did you play to the score?
— The throws were almost equal. It is clear that we wanted to play according to the score and not face a counterattack. And of course we were hampered by the deletions.
— In the last match, Vladimir Galkin cracked you, now Evgeniy Alikin has done the same. What can you say about your goalkeepers?
— Vadim Tarasov is working with our goalkeepers. It is too early to praise them. But they are doing their job and our goalkeepers are good. They should continue to play like this.
— Does Avtomobilist have the same passion as last season, when the team reached the third round of the playoffs?
– Of course, there are problems and we want more. For example, a defensive zone. We are trying to eliminate these problems. I will not say that any KHL team is currently at its peak. There are resources, many players can perform even better. This can probably apply to each of our hockey players, – the correspondent reports, based on Zavarukhin’s words.
Avtomobilist is in first place in the Eastern Conference standings with 11 points. Lada (5 points) is ninth.
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