- Are you surprised by the result?
- Why should I be surprised?
- Because Ak Bars is a favorite. And in the selection of performers he surpasses the army.
- CSKA is showing character. The team is playing well now, and indeed throughout the season. Do not forget about the support of the stands. So I'm not at all surprised. On the contrary.
- And if we are not talking about emotions, but about hockey? Due to what today did Vyacheslav Bykov's team win?
- There was, of course, the starting excitement, but then the army team played in a very organized manner. Used their chances, although the implementation of the moments, of course, is not too high. But even what turned out to score brought results. I would note that the army team had all the pucks beautifully.
- Did you get the idea that Ak Bars hadn’t tuned in?
- It is hard to say. After all, the team has tremendous experience. How can we say that she was not in tune? I do not think that Kazan was planning an easy walk. You see, this is the playoffs. Cup matches. The usual situation is when a team that is not considered a favorite wins. I think that on Monday will be an interesting sight.
- Do you think the fifth match is possible?
- In this situation, it all depends on how the teams tune in for a specific meeting. How to recover. Now it’s difficult to assess the chances of the fifth game. But anything can happen. In this, I say again, the charm of the playoffs.
- Three defenders can beat your performance record in one season - Giroud, Proshkin and Koltsov. Who are you rooting for in this race?
- What other record? Here they will play two hundred matches, then we can talk about some kind of record. I then played forty matches in all. And how many are they? How many matches are there in the regular season?
- Fifty four.
- And another playoff. Do not confuse the championship and the playoffs at all. It's a disgrace that you think so glasses. No country in the world has this. Different tournaments.
“But it will be considered that they surpassed you.”
- Who will it be considered? Incidentally, I affirm that Alexei Morozov did not break Sergey Makarov’s record.
- Why?
- And you will separate games and points. What is the record there? There is nobody close.
- But still, for whom are you in this race? Proshkin, Giroux or Koltsov?
“I don't root for any of them.” And in general, I did not play in order to set records. Count as you want. It's just that you are not doing it right. For some reason you mix two different tournaments.
Alexey Shevchenko