Head coach of Spartak Alexey Jamnov After the defeat to Traktor, he said his players had an unsuccessful first half because they “left their heads in the locker room”.
Tuesday “Spartacus” given up at home “To the tractor” in the shootout (2:3 B). Zhamnov turned 54 on October 1.
— Did you expect a gift from the team in the form of a victory today? Or did the guys give you anything before?
— I was waiting for a good match. It’s everything I expected. But gifts are something completely different.
— You were actively attacked by the nominally fourth trio Filin – Usmanov – Belyaev. Can we say that every link is aimed at attacking you?
– So I said all the time that we adhere to this principle. We don’t have a line of control. We ask guys to play together on offense and defense. But this is by no means a power trio.
— Didn’t it seem to you that Traktor made a mistake by losing to you in Chelyabinsk on penalties?
— In the first half of the match, we strayed a little from the requirements asked by the coaches. Maybe it was only in the third period that the team showed the hockey we demand. And at the beginning… As they say, you have to have a cool head. And our head, I don’t know, maybe it was left in the locker room or in the hotel while they were sleeping. But in our minds we were in a different place, not in the game. It wasn’t until the third period that the guys started playing pretty well.
— Can we say that Traktor is one of Spartak’s most troublesome opponents?
— A very good team, plays aggressive hockey. We dismantle them, they dismantle us. Everyone knows the strengths and weaknesses of any opponent. At first we just played the wrong type of hockey. It is difficult to play against Traktor: ours and theirs are energy-intensive hockeys. You just need to complete the game task. And so the opponent played very well today.
— Do you win or lose more often on your birthday?
– Well, ask me the whole story! I don’t remember! I never thought about it. As a coach, it’s probably the first time there’s been a game on my birthday. I can’t even name the most memorable match. The memory is no longer young! — the correspondent reports Zhamnov’s remarks.
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