- After all, until the last minutes you kept the intrigue in the match. Didn’t expect such a character from Lada?
- Expected. The team is young, angry. Physically, the guys are very well prepared. Discipline is in order. And it was clear how they tuned in for the second meeting. The guys understood that if they lose today, then it will be hard for them to save the series. It was a decisive match.
“But you helped them, agree?” During the game, CSKA had a comfortable advantage, but you kept the opponent too fast.
- A lot of mistakes were on our part, it’s stupid to deny it. I must say that as soon as the guests approached the distance of one abandoned puck, we had a slight panic. It’s good that luck was on our side. But they could even ... They didn’t.
- So you were nervous too?
- Of course. We were afraid to make mistakes. And with such a mood, only even more were mistaken.
- There was a feeling that you, getting an advantage in two goals, calmed down.
“Perhaps you are right.” It was necessary to act according to their system - to play from the “defense”, to look for a chance on a counterattack. And for some reason, we all went forward.
- Do you think it was the penultimate match?
- We will try. Today we won an important victory. You can not delay the series. We must finish and rest as soon as possible.
- Did your opponent break down?
- Well, I do not. These do not break, fight to the end. They have enough strength for another five matches.
- Today, the goalkeepers were nervous, they missed nine goals for two.
- The fourth goal against Lada, of course, was on the conscience of Vasya Koshechkin. And Kostya Simchuk acted confidently the whole game. He especially tried when Ketov went out with him "one to zero." In the return attack, we just scored the fifth puck.
- The guests are already the second match complaining about the referees. Do you agree that the arbitrators did not act too confidently?
- The Lada players were constantly unhappy with something. Especially in the first match. And today the judge was pressed. But he, in my opinion, worked fine. There were no complaints against him.
“But you made him watch a repeat of the goal.” It seemed to you that the opponent scored the wrong goal?
- I have not seen this episode, but they say that the puck was thrown by hand. It seems to be flying high, and then hit the gate on the ice. But since the referee did not notice anything, then everything was fine. It turns out, so the pucks fly. Maybe they scored a head in football?
- Does Lada's style of play suit you?
- I would not say a very unpleasant opponent. Five in front - five in the back. Someone is constantly traveling with you. There was a feeling that if I went to the podium, the Lada hockey player would go with me.
- And they beat me constantly. First aboard, then elbow.
- The usual style for this team. As went with Peter Vorobyov, it continues now.
- Today you scored two goals. In the playoffs, this is very difficult to do.
- Yes, I myself do not understand how this happened. For the whole season I have only four goals, and today two. It turns out that once a year a broomstick shoots.
Alexey Shevchenko