Oleg Leontyev: «Victory is a great inspiration»

Neftekhimik–Traktor press conference.

Neftekhimik head coach Oleg Leontyev:

– Congratulations to Nizhnekamsk. I hope that we all enjoyed our game. Congrats to the team and all our fans on this victory. We really appreciate your support. It was a hard game. The team did its best and got a win. We will have a day off and after that get ready for the next game.

– For eight games, Neftekhimik has been getting points. Does it affect the team in a good way?

– Of course, it is good to get a win. You can get better results. Victory is a great inspiration.

Traktor acting head coach Alexei Zavarukhin:

– First of all, I would like to congratulate all Nizhnekamsk fans.

We had a good first period. After that, something went wrong and we lost. We could not readjust. We will figure out why it happened.

– In the third period, Traktor did not block a single shot.

– Perhaps, we did not have enough desire to win. You can say whatever you want, but if the guys don’t have the desire, then it’s hard to play. We just said this in the locker room. The opponent had more desire to win.

– Do you think Zachary Fucale was ready to play?

– We will figure this out. Neftekhimik took advantage of our line change. Sure, a goaltender of this class must keep a team in the game at the right moment. We will not blame him. The whole team and coaching staff lost.