Press conference with head coaches Ilya Vorobyov and Vyacheslav Butsaev, and also players Andrey Chibisov and Andrey Chivilev

Ilya Vorobyov, head coach of the Metallurg:

- Today we conceded such cheap goals, and then pulled out on character. Well done boys.

- Was there a key moment that remained hidden from the viewer's eye, or was it just that the team found the strength to start at some point, to catch this sporting, good anger?

- You know, such games break only with anger and character. The guys are great. We changed all the links, played in three links for a long time. Well done.

- Today Igor Shvyrev was not in the application. How is he doing with his health after all the clashes with Ak Bars?

- He has there microtraumas, let's say.

- The fact that the majority began to return - is this one of the positive moments, foundations to gain some kind of confident step?

- I agree with you that the majority worked, and that six were scored. We've been throwing a lot in recent games, but couldn't find a way to score. Today we have found this path.

- Before both goalkeepers went to the infirmary in October, the schedule for the series of goalkeepers was strictly adhered to. Do you intend to continue in the same way now?

- Now we will look from the state of the goalkeeper’s day after day.

- This season, can you globally talk about some kind of stability in the game? Or, when there is a pandemic, quarantines and injuries, do you need to go from game to game this season?

- It's hard to disagree - here you just go from game to game, because you don't know what you will get the next day.

- Yegor Martynov is back, one of the most stable defenders. How is Dronov doing, how far has the recovery process advanced?

- Grisha is still not all right with his health.

- Today Sergey Mozyakin was just enchanting, how can this be explained? Is this an indicator that he is involved in the season, or is it just today's courage?

- And courage, and I hope that he got involved in the season too.

Vyacheslav Butsaev, head coach of the Neftekhimik:

- First of all, I would like to congratulate the opposing team on the victory. We have to thank some of our players for giving them this opportunity to get two points. Probably, emotions are now overwhelming a little, so I will not say anything more now, but I will note that from a well-developed match we made it so that we were able to give the opponent two points.

- You have the worst minority in the League, and today they let you down again. What is the problem and why can't you play more reliably?

- Well, first of all, Magnitogorsk has a good majority. This is the first thing. Second, when you go out to play in the minority, you also need to be cunning, you need to make your opponent make mistakes. And it turns out that our opponent makes us make mistakes. But first of all, you don't need to delete, you don't need to earn cheap deletions, which played a key role today.

- Goals, of course, liberate the players, and at some point, when they started to throw, your players behaved in a good and arrogant manner, in no case showed a desire to protect the advantage, they went ahead. There is no feeling that maybe it was necessary to play somewhere more pragmatic, to turn on a cold head instead of this excitement?

- You just asked a question - this is what we said after we took the score. But, unfortunately, players enter the field, they make technical elements, passes, they fight for the puck, they run after the puck. If you look, you will see a lot why it happened today.

- Selected failed periods happen to everyone. But you have your third period ... Already frightening statistics looks, only one victory ...

- Thank you for reminding us, we know this, we are aware of this. This means that our physical condition is not enough. Although the schedule is busy, we will pay more attention to these points. Well, in conclusion, I will say, probably, that many have ... You know, there is in youth hockey “I haven't scored yet”. This is what we still have with some guys who recently started playing in the KHL only by and large.

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Andrey Chibisov, Metallurg forward:

- At first it was very difficult, we conceded ridiculous goals, although they came out charged for the game, we understood that we needed this victory. Nevertheless, we missed it, then they couldn't get it together for a long time, but it's good that later they were able to do it, they broke it, the whole team worked it out to the bitter end.

- In your opinion, was there a turning point in the game or did everything go gradually?

- Gradually we began to increase the pace, impose our own game, began to put pressure on the opponent, while he rolled back, and we put the squeeze on and scored our goals. It's good that we managed to realize the chances and that is how it turned out.

- Some players are very turned on and motivated by personal failures, such as, for example, the fatal removal in Khabarovsk. Did it add to your sports anger personally?

- When you retire at the end of the match, they score against you, the team loses - you feel very bad. Naturally, this spurs. But good moments are also encouraging. You just need to work, you don't need to make stupid mistakes, namely, hockey is built on mistakes. The fewer mistakes made, the more the team will succeed.

- Your pucks today turned out to be completely different from each other, but very elegant in execution. How easy was it to flip Barulin's shield in the last episode?

- Yes, it was not very difficult, the main thing is that the ice does not fail at the moment when you throw it from an uncomfortable one. And so, in principle, a good moment, the guys played, gave the pass, and then it was just a matter of technique.

- Let's go back to the previous match, when you ran away with Ilya Nikolaev. Maybe you expected that there would be a more experienced striker behind, or did you know who was running behind?

- He shouted to me from the red line - Ilya just can't score yet, but he really wants to do it, worries about it. I thought that he would reach the last, he would then have scored this puck, but at the last moment he turned it away, although I did everything, showed the shot, the goalkeeper jerked at me, thought that I would shift and shoot with an uncomfortable, but I gave a pass. Well, then that time has not come yet. He is great, plays well, tries, and he will score his first goal.

- Now a little ahead - less than two days before the match in Nizhny Novgorod. Recently, Torpedo and Yekaterinburg played a game there, scored five goals. What are the keys to continuing the streak?

- We'll just go out and try to get this victory. It doesn't matter in what ways and actions. Let's just take the whole team and get this victory.

- Did the arrival of Mike Pelino somehow influence the team?

- Mike Pelino is a very good coach, a good tactician. He arrived today, we are glad to see him. I think he will make some hints and changes of his own. Today I saw that he told the guys something on the majority, and it worked for us. I think he will only help us, and we will work, conquer further victories, and try to win even something more than just victories.

Andrey Chivilev, Neftekhimik forward:

- We played exactly one and a half periods, and then something went wrong, we started to retire, and the opponent just took advantage of it.

- We have already asked your mentor, now the question is for you as a player - somewhere maybe it was worth playing more coolly and not so much on the attack with a solid score?

- The game lasts 60 minutes, I repeat that we played only 30 minutes today.

- Were the mistakes more individual or, in your opinion, was it a matter of team actions?

- Probably individual. Someone somewhere did not finalize, a marriage began in the programs. I did not finalize it, I hooked it here, deletion. The opponent turned out to be more skilled than our team.

- Your team has not been successful in recent periods, the head coach noted that it might be a matter of physics. How do you feel in the last part of the match?

- Yes, I would not say that there was a more difficult third period than the previous two. I don’t know what this statistic is connected with.

- Does being outside the Cup eight affect your moral condition?

- Of course, I want to be in the playoff zone. We try, we do everything that depends on us.