Head Coach “Ak Barsa” Oleg Znarok commented on the win over “Salavat Yulaev” in the match of the pre-season tournament in Kazan.
The match ended with the score of 5:3. Among the goal winners, Dmitry Voronkov, Daniil Tarasov, Dmitry Kagarlitsky, Kirill Semenov and Alexander Radulov scored.
– An interesting game turned out, for the general public it is magnificent. Bravo, it released the game, showed character. At the start, we created chances, but we didn’t manage to score, we went on the counter-attack, we got dragged into the attack.
– Timur Bilyalov at 0:2 made several important saves. How would you rate his game?
– Yes, he played well, received the best player award – came out at the right time, left us in the game.
– Will Bilyalov start the season initially?
We’ll think about it, we have someone to think about it.
– What happened to the team at the start of the match, and what words did you find after two periods to turn things around?
– What words I find, I will not say – I never did. We created chances, there were a lot of chances to score, especially in the first half – and 1 against 0 at the exit, and others. But, unfortunately, they didn’t score, launched into counter-attacks and conceded two goals. We didn’t play badly, we played badly, making counterattacks.
– Do you have other fears before the season, apart from the majority?
– There are problems. See what kind of counterattacks we get – it’s a defensive comeback. There are problems in defense, in defense. I think we will gradually reach the desired level. But that’s temporary anyway, because the pre-season is where the foundations are laid. We spent a lot of time in defense, because we knew that the return would not be very good.
– Did you have time to feel the atmosphere of the Green Derby (matches between Ak Bars and Salavat – approx.)?
– I haven’t participated yet, for the moment it’s only a game. For me personally, there is also a derby that I really want to win. But since I am now at Ak Bars, in the team, that means the Green Derby is important to me too, – Znark quotes the club’s official website.
Ak Bars will play their first game of the new Fonbet KHL Championship season on September 3, when they meet Dynamo Moscow on the road.
Official website of HC “Ak Bars”
Source : MatchTV
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