Athletistic / Hockey Metallurg Magnitogorsk head coach Ilya Vorobyov commented on his team’s victory over CSKA in the fourth match of the Gagarin Cup final series (1:0; 3:1 in the series).

“I’m proud of my guys. Five minutes into the second half, substitutions were forced on us and we survived. Guys were tackling, Koshechkin played wonderfully. I know Vasya very well, I played with him when he was still a rookie keeper. both games. But we are still one step ahead of us. Of course, I consider that change in the second half to be the key to today’s game. I don’t know if it can be called legendary, we will see.

I hope the guys have calmed down already, I said a few loving words to them after the game. In the true sense of the word. We have to breathe and prepare for the next match. The reason for the large number of passes is that CSKA defenders constantly closed the area and did not retreat. We couldn’t get out of the area over the pass, we’ll look for the keys. When you’re in the lead, such an uneven pace isn’t even bad,” Championat.com Vorobyov quotes.

Recall that “Metallurg” in the fourth match of the final series of the Gagarin Cup defeated CSKA Moscow 1:0.

The army team failed to score a single goal in the two home games.

“Metallurg” leads the series 3:1 and in case of victory in at least one of the remaining matches will become the owner of the Gagarin Cup.

The next match will take place on April 26 in Magnitogorsk.