KAZAN, August 29, Vadim Kuznetsov. Ak Bars Kazan head coach Oleg Znarok said that he was worried about the team's power play and defensive mistakes before the start of the season in the KHL. «Ak Bars» on Monday beat «Salavat Yulaev» from Ufa with a score of 5:3 at the pre-season tournament in Kazan. «We saw what kind of counterattacks we We have problems in defense, but I think we will reach the level we want to reach. In any case, it will take time. We pay a lot of attention to defense, because we know that our return back is not very good In the majority, it doesn’t work out yet, but you need to endure. Masters like ours must perform the majority, «Znarok told reporters. Znarok admitted that he did not feel the heat from the first Green Derby in his career. participated in. For me it's just a game. For me personally, there is another derby, whom I want to beat strongly. But I team, so for me this is a definite derby,” said the head coach of Ak Bars. “We had a meeting with the judges. We argued a lot, but the meeting was fruitful. And we get used to it, and they get used to it. You need to be patient, I think everything will settle down. We will try to move away less,» Znarok added.
