Head coach “Torpedo” Igor Larionov after the match against Minsk “Dynamo” said he wasn’t going to put a forward in the lineup Vasily Atanasov .
On Wednesday, Torpedo defeated Dynamo Minsk in the away match of the FONBET KHL Championship with a score of 2:1 in overtime. Atanasov scored the winning goal.
— We are happy to be in Minsk, where they love hockey and cheer their team very well. The opponent is having a good match. Our guys – with a victory, which was very difficult. It’s nice to win, even in overtime.
In the last five matches, we have had four overtimes. It’s not easy for the guys. But this is how the team grows, this is how the character of each player develops. This is the only way to gain emotions, experience and mastery. I’m proud of all the guys, the whole team.
— How do you interact with your son during a match?
— This is always a difficult question. But when the game starts, I have 22 players on my team. They’re all my sons, to be honest. In the game, they are all the same. During the match you worry about everyone. And you try to stay focused on the team. You cannot get distracted by personal and family matters. Striker Igor Larionov is an important unit of the team. And that’s what we operate at Torpedo.
— Was Vasily Atanasov your joker when you announced him as the 13th striker?
— Every player experiences difficult times in their career. He is a young man, he did not play in the previous match against Sochi (7:1). To be honest, Atanasov was not expected to be in the lineup today. But we decided that one game was enough to watch hockey from above. Not everything went well, we know. However, if a person correctly perceives the situation and the goal he scored in overtime, this is a good sign that his career will be correct. It is very important not to give in to emotions, it is a team victory. And the players you believe in come forward when necessary, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Larionov’s words.
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