MOSCOW, Jan 6 Metallurg Magnitogorsk published a report on its Instagram page, in which he called the meeting of the KHL regular championship with Kazakhstan's Barys one of the strangest hockey matches. On Wednesday, Metallurg in Nur-Sultan lost to the Kazakh Barys (2: 3) in the KHL regular championship. In connection with the massive protests continuing in Kazakhstan, the meeting was held without spectators with a guarantee of safety for the teams and players from the representatives of the host side. After the match, «Metallurg» was not immediately able to fly out of the country, the flight with the team was delayed for more than an hour. On Thursday Moscow time, Metallurg announced that the plane had landed at the Magnitogorsk airport. Metallurg reported that the players did not fully understand whether the match with Barys would take place in such a difficult situation. The club stressed that it was difficult to play the game due to the lack of the Internet, which meant that it was impossible to register applications, take into account statistics, and provide technical support. Due to the lack of the Internet, players also could not contact family and friends to tell them that they were all right. In addition, the hockey players talked about a strange feeling when playing with empty stands. «I spent a lot of time here (in Kazakhstan). I have only the warmest (memories) from here.» Pavel Akolzin. — I am very glad that I was here, played hockey. Thank you very much to this country, this city. For me it is a principled rival. Barys is fighting for the eight. They will be well-tuned to us. It will be an interesting and exciting match. I would like to invite everyone (the fans) to the match, but I don’t know how it will be in Kazakh. ”“ Today there was something that you can never prepare for, — said after the game the Canadian forward of “Metallurg” Brendan Lipsik. less we scored first, then we took the lead again. We played well, but such a result. We must forget all this as soon as possible and prepare for the next matches. » that hockey players are not ro bots, they took the situation in Kazakhstan hard. In the early days of 2022, Kazakhstan was engulfed in massive protests. In Alma-Ata, on January 4 and 5, protesters clashed with security forces, the police used gas and stun grenades. Throughout Kazakhstan, the Internet was turned off, and the broadcasting of a number of TV channels was temporarily stopped. A state of emergency was declared in the country.
