TIPOS Extraliga: Peter Mikula in live broadcast criticized the referees
Zvolen. One more loss and hockey players of Slovan Bratislava will end the season 2024/2025. In Thursday's match the pre-round playoffs succumbed to Zvolen 2: 5.
In the series played for three winning matches, they lose 1: 2. The fourth meeting will take place on Friday from 18:00 on the ice under Pustý Castle.
“We were only better one -third, Zvolen was more active and deservedly won,” admitted to Joj Sport after the meeting coach of the “whites” Tomáš Surový.
He chose similar words after the opening loss of 2: 4 on home ice. The team managed to get dead at that time and, thanks to the improved performance on Tuesday, equalized the state of the Slovan series.
“Tomorrow we have to return the series back to Bratislava. We've all met, it will be a match for everything, ”said Raw.
Zvolen has an open door to the quarterfinals
Peter Mikula coach was much more satisfied after the winning meeting. “What we determined, we did that. In the second period we retreated to defensive, but we were effective. Slovan had to push and thus opened the door, ”said Sport in JOJ television.
Video: Match Zvolen – Slovan
Already on Friday, Zvolen can send the Slavs for early holidays. Coach Mikula believes his men.
“There's nothing more to motivate them. They spoiled the whole season, now they opened the door properly, so they have to do it, ”he added.
He described the goalkeeper of the home goalkeeper Pavel Kantor, who defeated 27 shots of Slavs. Only the pucks from the sticks Nick Ritchie and Radovan Bondra passed behind his back.
His counterpart Denis Godla did not repeat the performance of home ice and collected from 41 shots up to five times.
“I will be honest. I do not want to compare, but the difference between the two goalies was quite strong in today's match. We were able to make it easier than the opponent, ”Mikula said.
Eight eyes can't see?
The series of traditional brands of the Slovak highest competition is accompanied by hard fights. In three matches, the referees gave up to 145 minutes of individual penalties, three players traveled prematurely under the showers.
Several moments were borderline and coach of Zvolen Peter Mikula returned to him during the evaluation of the match in Bratislava.
“Why didn't Fairbrother play the match? Why did we play a weakening of two players? Give yourself an answer. Should I complain? I will not be. I have to take it that way, ”he said, saying he was referring to the referees' performance.
Even in the third match of the escalated series, the audience witnessed several sharp fights. Duel for injuries was not played by home defender Milan Pišoja after attack Nick Ritchie and Boris Brincko in the jersey of the guests when Patrik Marcinek was thrown into the cushion.
Coach Mikula couldn't answer what health was Pišoja, but he was shaking his head at the memory of Ritchie's intervention.
Video: Peter Mikula about the performance of the referees
“That was a foul on the head. When the referees no longer see this … ”thought the coach of the“ knight ”.
In the commentary on the referees, he continued: “I will say something big, maybe for someone stupid.
If someone saw what I had experienced in Bratislava, or even today, and it would take place in the final of the four -country tournament between the US and Canada, after five minutes there would be no one to play there.
Playoffs are played, some things must be left, if of course, players can stand it. Some may think, even after the press in Bratislava, that I cry. Not.
But when I see a prick or blow to the head and one side is judged and the other the other way around, it is to think, ”said Sport for JOJ.
“I said it from the heart. I have already experienced this, but I don't really like some dirty, such as stabbing or blowing my head.
For this, even under the former regime, the registers were married and today they are high penalties in the game. And eight eyes can't see it? Pardon, ”concluded Mikula in the transfer.
