Head coach “Torpedo” Igor Larionov explained why the striker of the Nizhny Novgorod club Vasily Atanasov can’t find his game this season.
On Monday, Torpedo defeated Kunlun (4:0) in a home match of the KHL regular season, Atanasov did not score any points.
— Vasily Atanasov, who had a great time last season, is still, so to speak, “out of his element” this season. For what?
— This is an internal team kitchen. When a team wins, all the players do well. When he loses, everyone worries. It’s not a question of education, but we are a little worried about his condition. I spoke to him a lot and I will talk about it in the coming days, because every player goes through difficult times. When you find yourself in a zone of turbulence, when it starts to shake, all these social networks, popularity, and because of that you lose your concentration and your attention. Then you find yourself in a hole somewhere where you can’t do the things that seem easy to you – this happens to every player.
Vasily is a young man. In our greater Detroit, players like Slava Kozlov and Brendan Shanahan, now president of the Toronto Maple Leafs, missed games. Team play comes first. Yes, it might not work, but the effort and body language is visible. Atanasov is an extraordinary guy, we want him to grow. Desire, passion, intransigence, character – these are the qualities that we want Vasily to demonstrate in any match,” Larionov was quoted as saying by correspondent.
This season, Atanasov played 12 matches for Torpedo, in which he scored 6 (4+2) points.
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