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It was catastrophic. Players must realize that they are playing for the Slavs

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Wednesday’s matches of the 16th round of the Slovak Hockey Extra League brought a change at the head of the highest domestic competition. The former leaders of HC Slovan Bratislava and HK Dukla Ingem Michalovce lost and remained at 31 points, which was used by hockey players Nitra and Zvolen, who moved to the first resp. second place in the evaluation.

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The “Belas” lost 2: 4 on the ice of Spišská Nová Ves on Wednesday and did not score in the extra league in three consecutive dues, the Zemplín people came out empty under Zobor and lost 0: 3 in Nitra.

Slovan coach Róbert Döme was not satisfied with the performance of his charges at Spiš. “The duel is difficult for me because we played catastrophically. I don’t want to take credit for Spišská Nová Ves, because it won deservedly. It was a little better in the third period, but some players have to wake up. We made mistakes during the substitutions. everyone is specially prepared for us as a match in the playoffs.

Players need to realize that they are playing for Slovan and it will still be difficult. This is not an excuse, but a reality. Some players may not play in Michalovce, I probably haven’t seen us play so bad yet, “ coach Döme said at a press conference after the end of the extra-league duel.

The hurricanes defeated the Slavs for the first time in a very long time. “The evaluation from our side is certainly more positive, because we won. We were curious how the guys would run after a long break. We had a good opponent in front of us and we did not lack motivation. Slovan was dangerous in front of the goal, but we blocked a lot of shots there. open until the end, “ coach Miroslav Mosnár commented on the gain of three points.

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The people of Michalovce had before Wednesday and currently have 31 points on their account, as well as Slovan. They were in second place in the table only due to a worse score, now they have fallen to 4th position. “The math is clear to everyone – no goals, although with a very good game, you can think of a maximum of a point. In the offensive we were not very active, not very dangerous. On the contrary, we gave Nitra a lot of space at the back, we were passive and not very aggressive. third we tried to do something with the result, there were half-chances, some raid. We need to congratulate Nitra on three points, it’s a well-deserved result, ” evaluated as assistant coach Juraj Faith.

Satisfaction prevailed on the domestic side, with Nitra gaining three points, it jumped to the top of the extra-league table by a point ahead of Zvolen, Slovan and Michalovce. “At the beginning it was clear that the teams are rested. They rode up and down and over time they added chances on both sides. We had it there, not the opponent. Especially during the second break we spoke at 3: 0, a bit unfortunate for us. so that we were careful. The opponent subsequently had a few chances, but he didn’t score and we managed to finish. Dávid Honzík finally caught zero, so we are satisfied. ” said assistant coach Jozef Račko.

Zvolen dealt with the indistinct Liptovský Mikuláš on the home ice and got to the second place in the evaluation. The leadership of the leading duo was also used by Košice, which defeated Banská Bystrica 5: 3 at home. The steelworkers approached the top of the table by three points. “It was a very difficult match after the national team break. Although we did not avoid hesitation, we played well overall. We got into chances and we are glad that we started the next part of the competition with a victory,” remarked Košice coach Kalle Kaskinen.

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