“We ended the season on a good note”: Kuban coach about fifth place

Krasnodar “Kuban” finished the season in 5th place in the women’s handball Superleague. In the final match, yellow-green beat Volgograd “Dynamo-Sinaru” with a score of 29:20 At a press conference, the head coach of “Kuban” Denis Saifulin summed up the game and the season.

– I’m not very happy with the first half. They couldn’t defend at all. And if they defended, then in the attack they could not score one on one. In the second half, the girls loosened up and showed the result. In general, the season had both good and bad moments. I wanted, of course, to compete for Superleague medals, we tried, but we failed. But in the last matches, both Stavropol and Dynamo-Sinara managed to win, so they ended the season on a good note.

At the end of the game in the “Kuban” there were more players from the bench. The specialist spoke about whether the nearest reservists of the team will be able to compete with the main players in the new season.

“Only time will tell. In training, the girls are progressing, in games, too, something works out. Then everything depends on them.

The coach of Dynamo-Sinara shared his emotions from the match Oleg Kuleshov.

– 40 minutes was an equal game. Our girls are great, they fought. In the end, we simply did not have enough emotional strength. We understood that it was no longer possible to recoup on the sum of two matches. There was no physical fatigue, but there was a feeling of hopelessness.

The best scorer of “Kuban” in both games against the Volgograd club was the right winger Valeria Sobkalo. In the guest meeting, she converted all 6 of her shots, in Krasnodar she scored 7 times in 8 attempts.

– In the first half, we did not succeed. But in the second, they often ran into gaps and scored their own. Emotions remained the most positive. We won, plus the vacation is finally ahead. In general, the season was not the best for the team – I think we could be among the winners of the championship. It was a good season for me individually, I started to play a lot for the team. No frustration that the championship ended when I was playing no. Better rest! And we will get practice in the new season.