Friday’s best matches: Zakharyan vs. Real Madrid, Zenit-Kazan final – Dynamo and NHL vs. NBA
Mikhail Georgiev April 25, 2024, 21:00 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Sports April 26: Will Kucherov and Tampa wake up, can Sorokin save the Islanders and for the Lakers the game is win or leave the playoffs?
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🏒 2:00: Tampa Bay Lightning – Florida Panthers, NHL playoffs, first round, game three 🏒 2:30: New York Islanders – Carolina Hurricanes, NHL playoffs, first round, game three 🏀 2:30: Philadelphia 76ers – New York Knicks, NBA playoffs, first round, third game 🏀 5:00: Los Angeles Lakers – Denver Nuggets, NBA playoffs, first round, third game 🏐 19:00: Leningradka – Dynamo Moscow, Super League ( female). Series for third place, fourth match 🏐 19:30: Zenit-Kazan – Dynamo Moscow, Super League (men). Final, second match ⚽️ 22:00: Real Sociedad – Real Madrid, First, matchday 33
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🏒 2:00: Tampa Bay Lightning – Florida Panthers, NHL playoffs, first round, game three
Intrigue: will Tampa wake up?
Florida was able to win two games in a row, although in the second game the Lightning recovered from 0-2. It seemed that Tampa would crush the opponent, but super saves by Sergei Bobrovsky saved the Panthers and sent the teams to overtime, where Florida, which had more experience after last year’s success, got the desired result. As a result, Lightning now faces the extremely unpleasant prospect of being eliminated in the first round. The third game is the best time to “wake up.”
In the second game, Bobrovsky made one of the best saves in NHL history:
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“Salvation of the century!” Bobrovsky did something hard to believe.
🏒 2:30: New York Islanders – Carolina Hurricanes, NHL playoffs, first round, game three
Intrigue: can Ilya Sorokin save the islanders?
In the first two games, Carolina confidently achieved the desired result, although for the second victory they had to come back from 0-3 down and change the course of the game in nine seconds. The experienced Semyon Varlamov played both games as goalkeeper for the Islanders; He did everything he could, but it wasn’t enough. Now Islanders coach Patrick Roy decided to trust the talented Ilya Sorokin. Will Soroka be able to stop Carolina?
The second match was completely crazy:
“Carolina” is completely crazy! Lost an NHL playoff game in 9 seconds, winning 0:3
🏀 2:30: Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York Knicks, NBA Playoffs, First Round, Game 3
Intrigue: Joel Embiid is confident that Philadelphia is a stronger team, despite the 0-2 score
“We should have made it 2-0. We’re ok. We are going to win this series. We are the best team and we will continue fighting,” said Joel Embiid after the second game. The NBA likes to remember what was said, especially if the promise was not kept. The series has been moved to Pennsylvania, meaning Philadelphia will have an ideal opportunity to even the score in the series. Otherwise, what will Embiid be called up later if the New York Knicks end up in the next round of the playoffs?
Embiid continues to be the subject of discussion in France:
The French still won’t calm down! The only thing on my mind is Embiid, who refused to play for them.
🏀 5:00: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets, NBA Playoffs, First Round, Game 3
Intrigue: Win or leave the playoffs: the fate of the Los Angeles Lakers will be decided
The Los Angeles Lakers, led by coach Darwin Ham and star players LeBron James and Anthony Davis, lose the series to the current NBA champions with a score of 0-2. All games were lost at the Denver Nuggets site, but the series was moved to Los Angeles. If the Lakers plan to maintain intrigue in the series, then at the very least they must win the next game; Otherwise, in the context of psychological pressure, a score of 0-4 from 0-3 cannot be ruled out. Is this how LeBron James wants to end this season? An excellent opportunity to discover it.
What’s wrong with Nikola Jokic’s brothers?
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Fan beating, aggression and noisy scandals. Jokic’s brothers are ruining the NBA champion’s reputation
🏐 19:00: Leningradka – Dynamo Moscow, Super League (women). Series for third place, fourth game
Intrigue: the Muscovites in the match for bronze
Dinamo, not without scandal, abandoned the third match of the series: according to the Leningradka coach, his team was doomed and an important goal in the tiebreaker broke the match. But this is already history, and the home team urgently needs to win the fourth match, otherwise the bronze will fly to Moscow.
What happened?
The Leningrad coach harshly criticized Dinamo after the defeat in the third match for the bronze medal
🏐 19:30: Zenit-Kazan – Dynamo Moscow, Super League (men). Final, second match
Intrigue: Will the hosts increase their lead in the series?
The locals met no resistance at home. They were better in all aspects, but the difference in blocking (11/4) and attack was especially striking: 75-56. The tension lasted until the middle of the match, then Alexei Verbov’s boys put on a little pressure and took the lead. The favorites justify their status and Dynamo watches as their rival is ready to lift the cup for the second time in a row.
It turned out to be too simple for Kazan:
“The next game will be more difficult.” Zenit-Kazan defeated Dynamo in the first match of the final
⚽️ 22:00: Real Sociedad – Real Madrid, First League, matchday 33
Intrigue: Zakharyan vs. real Madrid
In the first round against Madrid, Imanol Alguacil entrusted Arsène with only nine minutes. Now there will probably be more, because he has become a starting player. He needs to call Fedor Smolov: his former teammate will tell him how to score against Real Madrid. Furthermore, Madrid will face Bayern in the Champions League in a few days and their attention is clearly focused on this: after defeating Barcelona, the championship is almost guaranteed. The Basques should take advantage of this. For the rest, Betis and Valencia, who are chasing them in the League, already support them.
How the Russians performed over the weekend:
Kuzyaev is getting closer to relegation and Zakharyan is further away from the Champions League. How did Russians spend the weekend abroad?
