“Everything could have ended badly”: SKIF coach about the victory over Dynamo-Sungul

Krasnodar SKIF in a dramatic match smog overcome “Dynamo-Sungul” from Snezhinsk in the match of the men’s handball Superleague. The result of the meeting at the Sports Palace “Olimp” 26:25 in favor of the hosts. The hero of the meeting was SKIF’s goalkeeper Alexei Krikunov, who saved 42 percent of shots. After the match, the players and coaches of the teams gave their comments.

– A worthy opponent. They always play well and tight. They are hard to deal with, whether we are at home or away. Maybe they’re out of luck somewhere. So today luck was on our side, – said Alexey Krikunovwhich reflected the opponent’s shot in the last seconds and saved the team’s victory.

The goalkeeper thanked the fans who often chanted his name

– Of course, it charged me, but did not interfere. Crazy emotions! Thanks to all the new guys who came to cheer, our regular fans and everyone who is not indifferent to the team.

SKIF Head Coach Dmitry Karlov compared the match with the game of the first round, when his wards also managed to win “Dynamo-Sungul” with a margin of 1 goal.

– The content of the games is different. In Snezhinsk, the match was stronger in intensity. Now the opponent did not have 2 leaders of the field players and the main goalkeeper, although the second goalkeeper played very well. Today I am satisfied with the result, but not with the game. In the first half there was an equal fight, then we got away by 3 goals, but made stupid losses, did not score from advantageous positions. The game leveled out again. In the second half, events developed in exactly the same way, again they led in 3 goals, but they began to make throws unprepared. Do not fight off the Screamers one-on-one, everything could have ended badly. Probably affected by a long pause after the previous round. If the team from Snezhinsk still played the cup game, then we were 20 days without matches.

Head coach of Dynamo-Sungul Alexey Paveliev found similarities in two matches of these opponents.

– And then, and now we have not coped with Krikunov. Although our goalkeeper defended today even better than he did. We just didn’t score our chances. There are no complaints about the guys for dedication. We won the first half, we had to continue in the second half as well. But Krasnodar’s Krikunov, Shalabanov and Dashko showed a very solid game. We returned in the end with minus three, but didn’t convert our chances. In the last attack, the guys did not play what they wanted, but against the background of fatigue, today we were a little limited with the squad. Yes, and time was running out, they wanted to play the ball faster, and did not accept my explanations of how to do it. In any case, thanks to the team for fighting, thanks to Krasnodar. It’s nice that there are fans in the stands, it popularizes our sport.

SKIF and Dynamo-Sungul occupy neighboring 7th and 8th places. The team from Krasnodar has 13 points, the team from the Chelyabinsk region has 8.

On February 14, SKIF will play an away match in Omsk.