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Two-time Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov believes that Ak Bars can pull off the “golden” series of the Gagarin Cup against CSKA KXan 36 Daily News

Date: March 28, 2024 Time: 14:37:37

The army team will try to hold their second, in tennis terminology, “matchball”: if they win, they will become the owners of the Gagarin Cup for the second year in a row. CSKA missed the first chance to end the series in the previous match, in which “Ak Bars” won a heroic victory on their ice – 2: 1. “We went out to fight,” Kazan head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov will say after the match. game.

The game resulted in the best of playoff traditions: intense, uncompromising. There were power moves and beautiful goals on him. What is only worth the solo passage of the 20-year-old striker Prokhor Poltapov across the entire field, after which CSKA opened the scoring in the match. There were also plot twists. For example, when the score was 1:1, “Ak Bars” remained in the minority for a full four minutes, but held on and then snatched the win.

Alexander Kozhevnikov: “Ak Bars” leaning against the wall, they had nowhere to retreat. So they plastalis, lay down under the disk. This is how it should have been

Two-time Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov summed up the results of the fifth match especially for RG, also trying to predict what to expect from CSKA and Ak Bars.

Game 5 is the best of the final series so far. Do you agree?

Alexander Kozhevnikov: You can’t argue. Excellent speed, many emotions. Interesting history.

What “Ak Bars” has the opponent outperformed?

Alexander Kozhevnikov: They came out like the last fight. We were playing, lying under the puck, there was dedication. This is how it should have been. “Ak Bars” nailed to the wall, they had nowhere to retreat. CSKA played its own hockey, but that was not enough. The one who wanted it the most won.

Who would you highlight in the Kazan team?

Alexander Kozhevnikov: Their goalkeeper played excellently, helped in various situations. Well, the leaders showed themselves. Alexander Radulov is the same. He’s fine. He finally showed what was expected of him.

Despite three defeats in a row, Bilyaletdinov stubbornly did not change the composition. Are you surprised?

Alexander Kozhevnikov: Bilyaletdinov is an experienced coach. He doesn’t just pull it out of nowhere. He is in the team, he knows the status of the players. And he trusts them.

Was the key moment when “Ak Bars” lasted four minutes in the minority?

Alexander Kozhevnikov: Definitely. CSKA mostly had a very good chance to level the game and even snatch the win from them, but they didn’t take advantage of it.

And this is with the crazy implementation of the army …

Alexander Kozhevnikov: Well, what did you think, will they implement every moment? This is hockey, anything can happen here.

We pay tribute to Ak Bars, but what a masterpiece the 20-year-old army striker Prokhor Poltapov scored…

Alexander Kozhevnikov: Well, what about Poltapov? Now, if he scored five goals per game, he would say: yes, this is Poltapov! Yes, he scored a good goal after a big mistake by a great defender (Vyacheslav Voinov.-Approx. “RG”). But it is too early to draw conclusions. The guy is certainly talented, but let’s see how he proves himself next season. Once a year, and the gun on the wall goes off. How many of us have already been. And then someone foolishly blurted out, they say, the new Kaprizov. Let Poltapov first start scoring the same amount, then we’ll talk.

85 games have already been played in the current playoffs. The next one will be 86. This is a repeat of the Gagarin Cup-2011 record.

What to expect in the sixth game?

Alexander Kozhevnikov: There will be the same aggressive and intense hockey. “Ak Bars” is still on the wall, there is nowhere to go. CSKA has even more chances to win the Gagarin Cup.

In the fifth match, “Ak Bars” had a powerful emotional outburst. Will there be enough emotions for the sixth game?

Alexander Kozhevnikov: You have a day to rest. They should be enough to gather new strength.

Able to “Ak Bars” to pull this series?

Alexander Kozhevnikov: Yes, everything is possible here, what is there to guess. You need to go to a psychic, she will play solitaire for you. And here is hockey, anything can happen.

where we will look

Thursday April 27, “Match TV”

19.30 CSKA – Ak Bars. Live broadcast.

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Hansen Taylor
Hansen Taylor
Hansen Taylor is a full-time editor for ePrimefeed covering sports and movie news.
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