Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorMetallurg became the first finalist of the Gagarin Cup. Wards of Ilya Vorobyov did not meet resistance from Traktor. Nothing will stop Magnitogorsk on the way to the trophy? In some components, it even surpassed the confrontation between CSKA and SKA. In terms of entertainment and the element of surprise, for sure. Therefore, it's a shame that the series ended already at the end of the fifth match. The fact that Magnitogorsk made it to its first Gagarin Cup final in five years is not surprising. The obvious difficulties in the defense and the unstable game of the goalkeeper Vasily Koshechkin, Vorobyov's headquarters perfectly blocked the strongest positions of the team. They were the creation of scoring chances and their subsequent implementation. “We showed good implementation in the first period, and then successfully blocked the opponent’s shots,” said Ilya Vorobyov after a crushing victory over Traktor with a score of 6:0 in the fourth match of the series.
