Avtozavodtsev’s head coach Igor Larionov called the match fantastic, and his opponent and former CSKA and Detroit teammate Sergey Fedorov could barely contain his negative emotions. The army team, as in previous matches with SKA and Dynamo Moscow, lost the third period and suffered a second defeat in a row.
Apparently last Tuesday’s 4-2 win over SKA lifted the champions to the skies. Although the Muscovites won largely thanks to the goalkeeper Sharychenkov and a lot of luck. On Saturday at the VTB Arena, Dynamo was lucky, added in the third period and leveled the score, and then succeeded in the shootout.
Today in Nizhny Novgorod, the champions went down again in the third period of 20 minutes. The redjiazul started like a champion. However, the moments were wasted one after another. And the skirmisher was Grigorenko, who forgot about the goals. His “dry” series, taking into account tonight, stretched to 11 games.
Of course, Larionov’s wards were great companions, they passed all 60 minutes with inspiration and evenly, one might say, in one fell swoop. Unless the Volga “Bolsheviks” let us down. It created almost no sharpness and even allowed the army team (Dietz) to level the score.
The CSKA leadership, it seems, has forgotten how to give the best to the maximum. Okulov, Slepyshev, Kamenev, Mamin, Karnaukhov, Grigorenko, Plotnikov, Svetlakov, Sorkin disappointed. And the fourth link of Pankratov had to be put on the bench in the second half.
It’s amazing how Karnaukhov allowed Belevich to score the game-winner! Who did the runner-up sponsored at the midpoint?
The guests spent their energy and emotions in an appeal to the judges. Ravodin and Soin malfunctioned. In the second half, they missed a foul on Okulov, and he was soon sanctioned with a 2-minute penalty for blocking in the middle zone. Spectators did not wait for the replay. In vain did the soldier prove that a drill had taken place.
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And in the third period, when the score was 1:1, who went toe-to-toe with the Slovak goalkeeper Huska, the defender of the hosts hooked the striker Mamin from behind by the glove – a 100% bullet! To no avail, the frustrated victim struck the ice with his stick in front of the referee, who was standing nearby.
Unfortunately, with Chebaturkin’s departure from the championship staff, many men in the army seem uncontrollable. Attack: Toothless, despite four goals against SKA. In a word, no letter, no physics. Sharychenkov and captain Nesterov, who was awarded the title of best defender of the last week of games by the league, deserve no claim. Although he scored a goal for SKA and Dynamo with a utility of +2. And his competitor and winner Nikishin in three meetings (with CSKA, Severstal, Torpedo) was limited to three passes.
In three face-to-face meetings out of four, the Volga players twice put the army team on the shoulder blades (0: 4 and 3: 1 in Nizhny Novgorod, 5: 2 in Moscow). Ahead is another meeting of the teams of Larionov and Fedorov.
Now the path of Muscovites lies in St. Petersburg. Roman Rotenberg’s team after the defeat of “Torpedo” in Nizhny Novgorod 6:2 rests for four days and prepares for the military derby. If the Muscovites lose for the third time in a row, the champion team may panic.
And the arguments – they say, in the playoffs everything will be different – in favor of the poor. Miraculous transformations happen very rarely.
STATISTICS
Torpedo – CSKA – 3:1 (1:0, 0:1, 2:0). Goals: Firstov, Belevich, Goncharuk (pv) – Ditz.
