Head coach of Vladivostok “Admiral » Leonid Tambiev said he had nothing to show the team’s striker Stepan Starkov because his elimination at the end of the FONBET KHL championship match with CSKA demonstrates team spirit.
Admiral beat CSKA in overtime in the home game of the KHL regular season – 3:2. Two minutes before the end of the third period, Starkov was sent off for blocking, while the team was supposed to play on the power play in a five-on-three format.
“We deservedly won, we showed the will to win and character.” Yes, today we faded a bit, but the opponent immediately brought us back. The level of the opponent is really high. They showed character, which is very pleasing. The team continues to work and play.
— Two moments: a five-minute penalty and a moment with a majority at the end, instead of “5×3” we received a penalty. Is it emotion or discipline?
– First of all, I will say that there was no idea of playing dirty. Yes, he pushed, but this is a game moment, not dirt. As for Starkov, there are two sides to the coin. It could have been “five against three”, but it shows team spirit, he defended his partner. He acted like a man and showed the whole team that you can’t play so dirty against our players. I support Starkov at this stage. Such team actions sometimes prevail and give more than game episodes. I can’t show him anything, he behaved like a man, he showed it to the whole store and they reacted correctly, ” correspondent Tambiev said.
In the next match, Admiral will play at home against Vityaz on September 24 and CSKA will play away against Khabarovsk Amur on the same day.
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