The head coach of the Russian national team Alexei Zhamnov commented on the defeat from the Finnish team in the final match of the Channel One Cup. His words are quoted by Sport24.
“Change of goalkeeper in overtime? The premise was to win. Here was the opportunity to win. We tried to keep the pace, to build the game on counterattacks. We wanted to win, so we removed the goalkeeper. But it turned out like this. There are no complaints about the players for this tournament, ”the expert said. He added that the squad for the Beijing Olympics will be drawn up at a later date.
Earlier, on December 19, the Russian national team lost to Finland in the final match of the Channel One Cup with a score of 2: 3 in overtime. As a result, the Finnish team became the winner of the tournament, and the Russian team was left without a trophy.
The Channel One Cup is the home stage of the Euro Hockey Tour for the Russian national team. The next stage will be the Beijer games in Sweden.
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