After the match with Slovan, Bokroš did not take the napkin in front of his mouth: Total failure in the first period and fatal mistakes – ŠPORT.SK

yesterday 21:38 | The hockey players of Slovan Bratislava managed the role of the favorite and after the first match of the quarterfinal series with Prešov, they took the lead 1: 0 after the victory 6: 2. After the opening third of Friday’s duel, it looked like an exhibition of the home team, but the “whites” did not keep the lead and broke the opponent’s resistance in the final ten minutes. Slovan took the lead after only 33 seconds, in the first act he shot the opponent with a huge difference of 29: 4 and went into the break with a lead of 2: 0. However, after the third goal in the power play, the home players were satisfied and gave a chance to a toothless opponent. Read also VIDEO: HC Slovan started the series with Prešov with a clear win “I was pleased with the first third. We had twelve days off and before the match we said we wanted to have a good start, which we did. We scored right away, which helped us a lot, and we kept up the pressure. We worked out a lot of chances and a lot of shots, as well as in the second period, “said the coach of the” whites “Andrej Podkonický, evaluating the first half of the match. The people of Prešov surprised the opponent at the end of the middle part. First, János reduced Vas and after him adjusted Albert Michnáč to 2: 3. The duel got a new charge. “We knew that Prešov has very good counterattacks and power-ups, and we said we had to be careful. Nevertheless, we got a goal in the weakening and right after the mistake and we stopped playing a bit. However, I am glad that we then resumed the performance from the first half of the match, we scored the fourth goal and then we controlled the match, “said Podkonický. Slovan’s substitute, coach Andrej Podkonický on the right and Andrew Yogan in the foreground Source: TASR Ján Sýkora could have responded to Tomáš Zig’s goal at 4: 2 in a subsequent power play, but he overshot it on an excellent opportunity, and so the penalty came. Zigo took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side’s goalie and center backs 51 minutes into the match. In the end, Marcel Haščák also embellished the result. “Play-off matches are played for victories. We lost today and no surprises took place. As a coach of Prešov, I regret the first third in which we totally failed. We allowed Slovan to score twice when they went alone to the goalkeeper. That hasn’t happened to us in a long time. In the first period, we made it very easy for them. They took the lead 3-0, got to a certain level, but we still returned to the match with two goals. And then the fatal gross mistakes of my players followed again, “Ernest Bokroš did not take the napkin in front of his mouth. The second duel of the series is on the program again on Bratislava ice on Saturday, and the coach of the guests believes that his charges will perform differently: “As far as the offensive is concerned, we were not doing well today. Slovan clearly shot us over and deservedly won. Well, he won mainly due to the fact that we didn’t show at least our standard performance today. We really played very badly. ”Jaroslav Halák caught the best match of the season, got the champion’s belt: