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The Banská Bystrica hockey players did not win a second duel in the Tipos Extraliga under the baton of the new Finnish coach Antti Karhul. On Sunday evening, in the 30th round, they lost to the leader of the Slovan Bratislava 2: 6 table on home ice.
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The guests were already 5: 0 in the second period. Subsequently, they withdrew and the duel was just finished, as the “white” coach Robert Döme admitted at the post-match briefing. “We knew that Banská Bystrica would pound on us. We read the opponent well. We haven’t played with him since the arrival of the new coach, so we changed some things and it worked out.
We played what we needed, basically we were just finishing it from the second period onwards, we withdrew, we tried some things we still need to improve because we scored two goals we didn’t want to get. However, we more or less controlled the match. “
Slovan captain Marcel Haščák scored three goals, scoring the next two. He was thus at a total of five accurate interventions of his team. Robert Döme commented on his performance: “I don’t even know how many goals he scored or points, somehow I don’t follow it. But Marcel is here for that, with all modesty. His line produces what we demand of us.
However, we still have four key players. If they return to the team, we believe that they will also help the second or third line to score more goals, not just the same three. Marcel also gets more time in power play. He confirms that he is the leader of the team. “
Losing by class difference was difficult for Antti Karhul to judge: “The result 2: 6, but also 0: 4 after twenty minutes looks very bad. I can’t help but think the score is a bit misleading. We fought hard, but a few small mistakes we made in the first period cost us dearly.
Slovan has a very good team that can create opportunities and transform them. At 0 – 4, it is very difficult to return to the match. However, I am proud of my players, because despite the unfavorable score, they did not take their feet off the gas, they really pushed the opponent and in the third period they were at least a little rewarded for it. Unfortunately, that was no longer enough. “
Antti Karhula knows exactly what needs to change in the coming days. “I think we have to focus on the details on the defensive, especially on the game of defenders, how we take over the players and also on the game in weaknesses. Sometimes we play very stupid in defense.
Another thing that bothers us is that although we can win a lot of pucks in an attack, we can’t find a way to get them to the opponent’s goal. That’s why we have to work on creativity. I’ve only trained with players twice so far and I have some ideas on how to liven up the game in the offensive zone. I believe that sooner or later we will succeed, “ added the Finnish helmsman Banská Bystrica.
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