BEIJING, Jan 31, Andrey Senchenko. The Czech hockey players were doing something wrong, since they contracted the coronavirus, says China's team coach Alexei Kovalev. Seven field players took part in the training session of the Czech national team at the State Sports Palace in Beijing on Monday, the role of the goalkeeper was taken over by the serviceman of the national team Petr Shulan. Czech hockey players will play at the Olympics in the same group with the Russian team. The match between the Czechs and Russians will take place on February 12. but we have to somehow adapt. The Chinese team somehow retained the composition. So, they did something wrong, they didn’t observe something,» Kovalev said. «That's why the Chinese team is kept strictly — so as not to «we went and prepared specifically for the Games. Although I remember from my own experience — in the old days, the coaches also did not allow us to be scattered. They did everything so that we could only rest and prepare for the Olympics,» Kovalev said.
