- Only your team lost to Wings of the Soviets in the third round. But all the strongest were taken away from the “wings”, and guys that no one had heard of go on the ice. How did the defeat come about?
- And you ask the guys.
- Get to the guys.
- Find out how high they raised themselves and how low they lowered. I think there was a reassessment of their strength.
- There is another version: as if the players were in debt, and they lost in protest.
- Not. This season, everything is fine with money. There were problems last year, but this is not theirs.
- But recently, the results are very bad. Before that, you at least fought with rivals, and now some kind of devastation.
- It's just that the team is very young. Inexperienced defense players. Many children born in 1986. Plus leapfrog with goalkeepers. We refused Konstantin Simchuk. And Evgeni Konstantinov, who was to become the main goalkeeper, began to be treated. For some reason, his blood pressure rose. Now plays Alexey Anisimov. These are the main reasons.
- Why did you refuse from Simchuk?
- He began to talk a lot. He also needs to catch the puck at the gate, and not talk. He began to teach me how to train. But you don’t have to teach me. Such as Kostya, a lot has passed through my hands.
- Is it true that he was suspected of strange matches?
- Not. There were no such charges. I have a complaint to him about the game. Such a goalkeeper should play much better. He does not have the right to such failures that he made in meetings with Yaroslavl and Omsk. We and “Ak Bars” 2-0 led, but lost. Because of Simchuk. I missed two goals from the blue line.
- Now left with two unstable goalkeepers ...
- So what? Time will tell whether I am right or not. I hope for Anisimov and Konstantinov. There is still a young Pakush.
- In the playoffs without a goalkeeper will be difficult.
- We will try to perform normally.
- What is it like?
- We have to go through the first club.
- Is this the task for the season?
- Yes. And I will be very pleased if I can solve it.
Alexey Shevchenko