Head coach of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Igor Nikitin after the victory over Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the FONBET match of the KHL championship, he said that at the end of the match, experienced hockey players were needed on the ice to maintain the desired score.
On Saturday, Lokomotiv defeated Torpedo 1:0 in a regular season away match.
— Have you ever played games where victories were achieved through absurd chance?
“For some it’s an absurd accident, for others it’s an opportunity.”
— After the first match against Torpedo, you said that the result was predictable. Are you ready to start again?
— “Torpedo” is a fast team. We emphasized character and patience. It produced results.
— Are you going to watch this match again with pleasure or with tension?
— I’ve been looking at my games from the point of view of perfection for a long time. This match gave more information than the matches against Spartak and CSKA. We saw who could run and make decisions better. The coaching staff and I will review it, finding the good and bad points. We don’t differentiate between good and bad matches.
— What do you demand most from young players: discipline or creativity?
– It depends on the moment. Let’s take the same Booth. On the one hand, it’s good that he takes risks, on the other hand, we know how Torpedo plays. In the last minutes, we needed an experienced player who knows how to play the ends, ”reports the correspondent of , according to Nikitin’s words.
Lokomotiv leads the Western Conference standings with 50 points.
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