The opponent was stronger, one step ahead: Leonid Tambiev commented on the second game of Primorsky “Admiral” with “Motorist”

In this match, Primorye lost to the team from Yekaterinburg with a score of 1:4

The first game is over convincing victory of the coastal squad, it was expected that in the second match, which was supposed to follow the very next day, Admiral would consolidate its success, and the two points scored would allow it to break away from its pursuers and guarantee itself access to the playoffs from seventh place. But, as they say – smoothly on paper. The opponent had other plans for the next game in Vladivostok.

The “Sailors” coaching staff started the game using the tactics that have already been tested by time – a viscous defense and sudden counterattacks after an interception in the middle zone. That’s just to create a single somewhat dangerous moment at the gates of Igor Bobkov, the hosts failed. On the tenth minute Alexey Makeev scores. The perseverance of the attacker was rewarded. Then followed a series of deletions from Avtomobilist – in fact, they finished the period in a truncated line-up, which the Sailors did not manage to take advantage of.

In the second period, Nikita Tryamkin was injured – Nikolai Eliseev fell on his leg. It was expected that the player would go to the locker room, but he, contrary to expectations, again went on the ice. At the 33rd minute, Stefan Da Costa scores for Admiral – 0:2. There was still hope that the Primorye team would be able to return to the game – the two-goal lead was large, but not critical. And on the 48th minute, the Sailors lived up to the expectations of the fans – Oleksandr Shevchenko was closing the gap.

Unfortunately, Anton Berlev’s four-minute penalty gave the guests the opportunity to play too much, which they took advantage of with pleasure. At the 57th minute, Curtis Volk scored, and then the same Alexey Makeev, who showed himself very well in this outing, did not miss his moment. Unfortunately, the Admiral failed to recoup. The result of the match is 1:4 in favor of Avtomobilist.

– Difficult departure, understood that the fourth game is the most difficult. We dismantled the last game, the main point – the minority in the first period, the guys held out 3 on 5, played great in attack, good goals. We controlled the game at 2:0, then a little misfortune happened in the corner, the game could have turned over, but it’s great that the majority scored. Good win, blocked shots. Thanks to our fans who flew for eight hours to support us. What did you focus on during the day? There was more control of the puck and the movement of forwards in the attacking zone, who climbed onto the net and beat their opponents. Khisamutdinov’s debut? He prepared, he practiced for a long time, he controlled the puck well, he got sent off, there was a good moment in the second period, will it come with playing practice? Are you ready to play against Admiral in the playoffs again? We do not choose an opponent, as it will be – it will be, – stressed Nikolai Zavarukhin, head coach of HC Avtomobilist.

According to the Admiral’s mentor, the trouble with this match is that Primorye lost the initiative.

– The opponent was stronger today, one step ahead, almost two periods and he won the whole fight, we took the puck very badly, and the opponent had the initiative. And even the majority that we had in the first period, in principle, we did not create anything sensible. After the second period, I had to shake them up, they ran, moved, came in three lines, started winning martial arts, taking the puck, creating chances, scoring a goal, a good goal. But this four-minute removal crossed everything out for us. If not for this removal, I think there would be an interesting ending. I liked the ten minutes of the third period before Shevchenko’s goal, then they scored a goal – the team shook up, started playing, before that there were two periods … You can lose in different ways, but I don’t like how two periods were played, I told them in the locker room. Getting ready, said Leonid Tambiev, head coach of HC Admiral.

“Avtomobilist” leaves, “Admiral” stays at home and waits for a visit from Khabarovsk “Amur”, which has almost lost its chances to play in the playoffs. Recall that Khabarovsk lead after a series of games in the Far East derbythe Mariners have a chance to take revenge, so the end of the regular season is expected to be interesting.

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