Head coach of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist Nikolai Zavarukhin after the KHL regular season match with Ak Bars, he said that the Kazan team began to play more aggressively.
Sunday “Motorist” suffered a home defeat against Kazan “Ak Barsa” with a score of 2:6 in the FONBET KHL Championship. The Ural team lost after four consecutive victories.
— We started well, but before the first goal, we missed. A good goal was scored from the area. But then the opponent’s goal seemed to plunge us into a stupor, and we began to make some small mistakes, from which Ak Bars took advantage. A team this skilled shouldn’t have so many chances. And we gave up a lot of chances. As for the movement, we seemed to have a chance, but the opponent played strictly, and we had no time to return to counterattacks. And they lost that game.
-What’s wrong with Curtis Wolf? He was recently placed on the injured list.
“I think it lasted two or three weeks, for sure.”
— How would you rate Nick Merkley’s debut?
— There was a good chance in the second half, but I didn’t score. He seemed to give movement to the team, which is what we asked of him. But the main thing is that the result is from one to zero, which must be implemented.
— The goals missed quickly in the third period had a fatal impact on the rest of the match, as if they had faded away. Will you carefully analyze these points and carry out a precise analysis?
— We do an analysis after each missed goal. We consider the opponent both before the match and after the match. Tomorrow we will consider these points.
— Do you have the feeling that Lipsic and Merkley cannot yet find real chemistry with new partners?
— Merkley had two good points… I hope he adds.
— Have the current Ak Bars changed from the team you played with in the playoffs in the spring?
– Well, we beat them in the playoffs, and they beat us today. Maybe the team has become more aggressive. You can see the focus is on the big strikers leading the fight. Apparently at that point we lost today.
— Was Nick Ebert 100% ready today? From the first three goals, it seemed like something was wrong with him.
— Errors. Not only his mistakes, but also those of many players. We made a mistake, we lost our piece. That’s the main thing. Ready or not, that’s a question for him. But he is a leader and must show his level, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Zavarukhin’s words.
In the next match, Avtomobilist will host Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on October 1.
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