Head coach “Lada” Oleg Bratach after the FONBET KHL championship match with “Siberia” said a lot of negativity was being thrown at his team “from all sides.”
Lada defeated Sibir at home (4:3 OT), winning three victories during the match. Nikita Popugaev scored the game-winning goal in overtime.
— Yes, we were able to take two points today. They tried very hard, worked as hard as they could. Today it produced results. At the same time, it’s a shame that there is some kind of wave or campaign against Lada. We are somehow belittled. I think we are doing very well. Every game we have chances and we fight for points. If we lose, it’s always by a goal. With my modest abilities. But so much negativity is sweeping through our team! To be honest, it’s frustrating. But today our efforts were crowned with success, which I am very happy about.
– Can you be more specific? What kind of negativity are you talking about? Does this come from the press? Fans?
– Of everyone! Everywhere! How did you name it – yes. On all sides!
– Why do you miss such easy goals?
– Yes, we score hard and concede easily. These are individual player errors. These are not system errors. If we analyze every moment, you will see it. Guys make mistakes, in some places there is a lack of skills and in others there is a lack of experience. Somewhere there is bad luck. But let’s not rule that out. Nevertheless, the guys work honestly and complete their task. I have nothing to blame them for. I am grateful to them. But we don’t lose to anyone 0:10 or 0:7, we fight for points in every game.
— This time, Lada has no penalty minutes. Did you focus on that?
– We always do. Additionally, in the last game there were many incorrect removals. This is when an attacker is sent off in the opponent’s zone, sent off for a player count violation. We are fighting against this. These are incorrect deletions that should not happen.
—What’s wrong with Yegor Chernikov? He wasn’t in the lineup.
– He is seriously injured. The first examination did not make it possible to determine the exact diagnosis, tomorrow there will be another at 8 a.m. And I’ll tell you a secret: today Maxim Groshev played with a fracture. And it was his desire, his responsibility. He said, “I’m going to play.” Of course, we won’t take him on a trip. The bone will heal, like Altybarmakyan – also a crack in the ankle. Groshev himself took responsibility for this today. Things like this speak volumes.
– Who will replace him? You are traveling to the Far East.
— There is no one to add from the reserve except Kolya Vladimirov. Therefore, everyone who is alive and able to play will go on a journey. Maybe it will be Kolya. We still do not have complete information about the state of health of the injured guys,” Bratash was quoted as saying by correspondent.
Watch live broadcasts of FONBET matches of the KHL championship on and the holding’s channels, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
More sports news in our telegram channel .
Source : MatchTV
I’m Emma Smith, a dedicated journalist and avid storyteller. I have been writing for news websites for the past 5 years, reporting on hockey news and delivering in-depth analysis of the sport. In my current role as Author at Athletistic, I write about hockey events from around the world to keep followers up-to-date with what’s happening in the sport.
