Head coach of SKA Romain Rotenberg compared the FONBET KHL Championship regular season match against Lokomotiv to fishing.
The meeting in St. Petersburg ended with a victory for the guests with a score of 3:2 (3:2, 0:0, 0:0).
— Why were all the goals scored in the first half?
— Here, we must note the performance of the goalkeepers. Today Isaev beat us, the victory is largely his merit. As well as our goalkeeper, who played very well.
— What happened to Egor Zavragin in the first half, was he upset after missing goals?
— Hockey is a team game. The question is always: who let you stop? He is not responsible for missed goals. It is important that every player has a winning mentality. You can turn any match around. We win together, we lose together.
— Did you have the feeling that Lokomotiv had restructured itself after the first half?
— We have played so many matches against Nikitin’s teams, at CSKA, that we know each other well. Any game system has the right to life, but it is not easy for us to surprise this opponent, just as it is not easy for him to surprise us. Our performance has let us down today; if you don’t score, they score you. Maybe not everyone sees it, but we have changed a lot in our game, we play a lot better than before.
— You said you were going hunting with the whole team. Who is Lokomotiv? A herd of bison, bears?
“There was a bite today, that’s the most important thing.” When there is no bite while fishing, you are in a bad mood.
— Did you have a margin of safety with the arrival of experienced players? Have you become a men’s team?
— The team has more experience, guys who have won titles more than once, who have proven, without words, that they are the best. This always strengthens team spirit and psychology. In sport, you become a champion, and the next morning you have to start working again for the next season. I’m happy that the guys’ eyes are shining,” reports Rotenberg, correspondent.
SKA occupies second place in the Western Conference standings with 31 points. On November 2, Rotenberg’s team will face Salavat Yulaev.
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