“Zenit handball players showed a good example of how a game is lost in 10 minutes” – the coach on the defeat of Sacs de Brest

Zenit’s handball players in the SEHA-Gazprom League game against Belarusian club Meshkov Brest showed how the match is played in ten minutes, said St. Petersburg team head coach Dmitry Torgovanov.

On Sunday, Zenit lost to the Brest club with a score of 28:32 in the home match of the 5th round of the group stage of the tournament.

— Today was a clear example of how the game is played in 10 minutes. In 10 minutes of the second half, we managed to concede 8 goals and only one to throw on goal, just to throw. In the second half, the team didn’t do what the team had to do, what we had agreed on.

If in the first half we managed to play with a team like Meshkov Brest, in which there are two or three equivalent players for each place, it is because it is very difficult to play, but then these ten minutes and that’s all, and then an equal game continued, but meanwhile Brest went ahead by five or six goals. Well, that’s all, “thank you, goodbye” is called, you can’t play like that for the first 10 minutes of the second half. The match was interesting for the spectators, for us as coaches there is something to manage, to watch.

Congratulations to the guests for the victory, we now have one game left. Brest have once again proven to be one of the strongest teams in our division. I’m not very surprised by Brest, but I’m surprised by some of our players,” said Torgovanov. official site tournament.

– The match turned out to be tense, exciting, the fans were interested. As for our team’s play, there was a little failure in the first half, what’s the reason, we’ll find out, maybe we didn’t take advantage of indoor testing early on. morning, this may be a key moment. In general, the guys are great, thanks to the opponent for a good fight, for an honest fight, and congratulations to my team for the victory, ”said Dmitry Tikhon, head coach of BGK Meshkov Brest.

– What is the difference between matches against Russian teams and matches in the national championship? Do they bring tangible benefits to a club that has long been a regular participant in the Champions League?

– Meshkov Brest has not only regularly participated in the Champions League, but I hope he will continue to participate in this tournament in the near future. As for our team, the team has been updated by more than 70%, so the matches of the Belarusian championship and against Russian teams are going very interestingly. Somewhere we managed to rally the team, to mobilize and to solve certain problems, but there are also times when there are failures. This also applies to the Belarusian championship and SEHA-Gazprom League matches. In general, today’s matches with Russian teams bring a huge positive and positive effect both for handball in general and for Brest Bags players and Belarusian players,” said Tikhon.

– It was very pleasant to play in this arena, a large and beautiful hall, the fans of St. Petersburg also strongly supported their team, which can only rejoice, for a long time there was nothing like we played in such stands. Looking at the game, I can say that we failed in the first half, because we made quick throws, somewhere we didn’t bring the combination to its logical conclusion, because of that, we scored quick goals. In the second half, we managed to pull ourselves together and took the game to its logical conclusion, said Brest left winger Andrei Yurinok.

Central Zenit Oleg Lunya apologized to the fans for the loss.

— I would like to congratulate the guests on their victory. It’s a pity that in such a room and with so many fans, it was not possible to get two points. As Dmitry Nikolaevich said, the game was lost in the second half and it was difficult for us to catch up. We will continue to work, to understand what is wrong,” Lunya said.