“You are already tired of such questions,” Andrei Markov, the defender of the Russian national team, suddenly raged. - Stop asking them to us. Then such headings appear.
Journalists fell silent, not knowing what to say. The fact is that the defender of the Russian national team was asked a completely innocent question whether he was satisfied with his game in this tournament. But Markov did not let up.
“Such headlines prevent us from working,” the hockey player raged.
“Andrey,” reporters politely turned to him. - What are the headlines?
- And such. Did you see them?
- Andrey, there are a lot of newspapers. What specific title didn’t you like?
Markov did not remember, but seemed to wipe away the tears that appeared in his eyes. Then he caught on.
“And do not ask us provocative questions,” he finally formulated.
- What provocative questions bother you?
- Yes, for example, this one.
Markov rushed to the locker room and did not appear from there anymore. Note that in the NHL he would hardly begin to talk in that tone. But something happens with people flying across the ocean. Acclimatization. Although to Sergei Gonchar, Eugene Malkin and Alexander Frolov - no complaints.
Nobody approached Ilya Kovalchuk from the Russian press, remembering how he had deceived the journalists the day before, promising to go into the mixed zone. The Atlanta forward spoke briefly with the Swedes in English and, looking around displeased, left.
Something happened inside the team, something is not going well. There are many symptoms, but it is not yet possible to accurately formulate, to see the whole picture. All this, of course, upsets. Serious meetings are still far away, and nerves are already at the limit.
For example, it is not clear why the team does not have a goalkeeper coach. But they said what would happen. Vladimir Myshkin was supposed to return from the Junior World Cup and get to work. Goalkeepers lack a coach, Alexander Eremenko admitted this.
“He could help us, first of all, psychologically,” the goalkeeper notes. - Yes, and then you need to sort the errors. I can’t make out Vasya Koshechkin’s game - it will be unethical.
Vasily, by the way, evaded the answer to this question. He likes everything.
In addition, both goalkeepers are unhappy that they still do not trust them, waiting for the goalkeeper from the NHL. True, Evgeni Nabokov, in a successful scenario, will only be able to play for the national team on May 10. But the quarter-finals will be a day earlier.
None of the headquarters was able to answer why there is no goalkeeper coach. And Vyacheslav Bykov wisely hastened to the locker room, without waiting for the press to come to him. There are apparently questions to which he has no answer.
Alexey Shevchenko