In the match of the 29th round of the extra league with Olomouc, the hockey players of Litvínov scored their third defeat in a row and their cabin was stuffy after the match. Coach Vladimír Růžička spoke to the players’ souls because he was not at all satisfied with their performance.
“We played badly, it wasn’t good. Definitely the worst match since my arrival,” said Růžička, who took over the team on November 9 and led him in the sixth match. Four of them lost to the North Bohemians.
“It’s a signal. A good team can’t lose three times in a row. We have to bounce back, we have more matches ahead of us, but we can’t do that with that approach. That’s wrong. We have to evaluate it properly. I’ve talked to the players, we’ve talked. more emphatically, we can’t play like that, “said the 58-year-old coach.
According to Růžička, the problem is that the players lose personal battles at the guardrails. “We don’t stay in the offensive zone any longer. We lose them easily, then the opponent goes on a quick counterattack and we have big problems with it. It’s the same in the defensive zone. We fly everywhere and nowhere and suddenly the free player is alone between the circles. Olomouc with 4: 2 three or four tut goals, which was caught by Denis (Godla), “said Růžička.
The former national team coach thinks that some players would need to be eliminated from the line-up for a while and think about their performances. But even because of the marauder, he can’t do it. “It bothers me that we rely a lot on Denis Godla in the gate, but he can’t keep holding us. We won’t help him much,” Růžička said.
As in previous matches, Litvínov could not help himself in overpowering games. Although he scored one goal in them, he did not play them well. “It seems to me that we play them with difficulty. We can’t settle properly in the offensive zone and we have a problem playing it a bit to calm it down. I think we’re in a hurry and confusing,” said Růžička.
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