Hartley Satisfied with Lokomotiv's Game Against Sochi
Lokomotiv«s head coach Bob Hartley evaluated his team»s performance following their win over Sochi.
On February 1 at their home arena Arena 2000, Lokomotiv secured a confident victory over Sochi with a score of 3:0, not allowing a single goal.
After the match, Bob Hartley commented on the team«s success:
»Good play — good victory. In the first period, we created many scoring chances; in the second, Ilya Nikolayev scored an important goal, opening the scoring. The guys made the right decisions and didn«t let the opponent seize the initiative.»
The coach specifically highlighted Artur Kayumov, calling him a reliable professional.
Hartley noted that Kayumov strives for improvement, easily takes instructions, which combined with his talent yields excellent results.
Sochi head coach Dmitry Mikhailov also spoke about the opponent, characterizing Lokomotiv as a systematic and powerful team that is difficult to play against.
Earlier, Bob Hartley in one of his post-match interviews explained the phenomenon of player Radulov.
