Tipos Extraliga: Slovan Bratislava fans whistled on players
BRATISLAVA. Eight home losses in a row. With such a balance, the basic part of Slovan Bratislava hockey players ended. In the 54th round Tipos Extraleague succumbed to Košice 0: 3.
Ondrej Nepela's winnings last enjoyed in January. « No one is pleased, » said striker Samuel Takac after the match.
Slovan finally occupied in Table 7. Place and for the first time in history heads to the preliminary playoffs, where he is waiting for Zvolen.
Video: Coach Slovan Tomáš Surový evaluates the loss with Košice
Before the derby match with the rival from the east of the Republic, it was more or less decided that Slovan would end the season outside the top six. Nevertheless, he played half of the match with the favorite.
Hope for a good result against the second unit of the table went out within six minutes, at the end of the second and at the beginning of the third period. Eleven seconds before the second horn opened the score by striker Joona Jääskeläinen.
After the break, Tomáš Mikúš added the second goal of Košice and when Slovan collected Danicka Martel in the 5th minute of the game the third part of the game, the result was decided.
“Without a goal, you can't win. Two -thirds it was balanced. Goal ten seconds before the end of the third may be sorry, but we could do something about it. The third period was unmanaged, ”said the team captain Michal Sersen.
He hinted at the miserable ending of his team. Slovan did not score on home ice for the second time in a row, in the last four matches he scored only three goals.
“We are troubled in the end. Even though we get into some chances, we cannot jump to our rivals. It is difficult to get out of it, but I hope we will succeed in some way, ”Sersen added.
In his words, the team lacks emotion, but goals.
« I don't remember when we gave them two or three, » said Takáč, the most productive player of the team. “Then comes the whistle of the audience and the atmosphere in the team goes down quickly. I hope it will change by Monday. ”
Slovan hockey players at 0: 3 listened to the beech the audience. « Start playing, » sounded « Nephel ».
VIDEO: Match Slovan – Košice
Coach asks fans to support
The last match was supposed to be a kind of screening before the series with Zvolen, which finished the long -term part in 10th place. The players eventually went to the cabin with their heads.
“We can't be handed over. It's a new competition. We have to set up so that it starts for us. We are aware that we have spoiled it and now we have to fix it, ”Sersen admitted.
Coach Tomáš Surový was also dissatisfied with the result. “We don't score goals and that's a problem. After all, you can play any nice or even ugly, but if you don't score goals, you won't win, ”he said.
He expects a long and demanding series against Zvolen. The results against the hockey players from under the Pustý Castle in the regular season are not looked at.
“We can't cry or regret. We are preparing for Zvolen all week. We start again, ”he added.
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The whistle of raw fans regret, but at the same time he knows and realizes that the team does not perform the necessary performances worthy of Slovan Bratislava brands.
“Playing eight matches is bad. Both the psyche and for people. I'm not surprised. I would like to ask them to support us in the round. I know they want the results. We also want them. They have to cheer for us now that we are not doing well.
I take criticism, it is justified. But players perceive it and need more positive words. The negative series is alarming and we will want to change it on Monday, ”concluded Surový.
