Kaka, “Gazprom-UGRA” head coach:

– Today I can thank our players for their attitude to the game, concentrating and discipline. In a difficult situation, with fatigue and a small number of players, they have withstood this tension. We played very well the first half and quite deservedly won it. We started the second one pretty good and there was a turning point when we had “two to zero” chance to score. But we did not score and gave the opponent a chance to approach in the score. They scored a goal, raised their spirits and gained confidence, so it became harder. There were many dangerous moments next to our goal but eventually we coped with it. We demonstrated good defense playing against extra man It is 2-0 in the series, but we know that nothing has ended, and we know how difficult it will be in Tyumen. Now we need to recover and go there with the same attitude and discipline as it was today.

Evgeniy Osintsev, “Tyumen” head coach:

– Again, it was a very interesting game. Of course we are slightly disappointment since we lost with a minimum score. But the playoff series lasts until three wins, so we go to Tyumen, and we will no longer have the right to make a mistake. We will give all our strength to return to Yugorsk. As for the game itself, the second part of the first half, when we missed two goals we could’ve avoided them, the opponent caught us on our mistakes. Except for this part, we played pretty good and worthy.