Depreciated Yogan decided on swordfish for Slovan – ŠPORT.SK

yesterday 13:10 | The hockey players of the Bratislava team won yesterday’s fifth duel of the semifinal series with Košice 3: 2 and tomorrow they will fight to confirm their progress to the finals in the east of the republic. In the series, they lead 3: 2 in matches. Read also Slovan was helped by the swordball penalty shootout, the series may end in Košice After four years, the viewpoint was sold out at the Ondrej Nepel Ice Stadium. This saw the onslaught of his team from the beginning. The Slavs ran to Košice. In the second minute, he pulled Harris from the right, but his backhand attempt went just outside. The home team pushed and in the 12th minute they had a long power play, when Milý got two plus two minutes. The “steelworkers” resisted for a long time, mainly thanks to the great Riečický in the goal. 16 minutes into the game, Joonu Jääskeläinena had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. Gradually, the people of Košice also started adding. McPherson made a superb strike after 17 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors’ defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Marcel Haščák did not play in the last five minutes of the introductory twenty-minute minute. The home scorer tried it at the beginning of the middle part of the game, but resigned from the match. He suffers from a lower body injury. KOŠICE KILLED IN TWO MINUTES Slovan pushed in the second period as well, he had shots, but Riečický was great. The people of Košice waited and hit in less than two minutes. At first, Maier’s Patrik Rogoň took advantage of a mistake on the home side’s right after 32 minutes which increased the away team’s lead to 1 – 1. It was 1 – 1 at the break. In the 34th minute, after the fall of Slovan’s top five, he went alone to Peters Pereskokov and turned the score to 1: 2 with a backhand bluff. The Belas were completely taken by surprise at that moment, half a minute they were saved from the third goal by a Canadian goalkeeper who caught Paršina in the escape. “We had a great introduction to the second period, we scored fast goals. We said in the locker room that we had to keep it, but the opponent improved. Too bad, ”Rogoň sighed. With 35 minutes played, Takáč nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. In the ensuing power play, Riečický hit hard again, who thwarted the Slavs more chances, especially the cannonball from the first from Jääskeläinen. The Košice goalkeeper caught 22 Slovan shots in two thirds. “Chances were on both sides in forty minutes. Until then, there was a difference in the use of opportunities. We got a little kicked in the second period, Košice had more of the game, but we believed. We repeated in the cabin that we had to go for it, “said white captain Michal Sersen. photo gallery Joona Jääskeläinen and team captain Michal Sersen (both Slovan) on the right Source: TASR In the third period, Slovan started to push more and in the 46th minute. Andrew Yogan didn’t even play in the fourth duel at the end of it, and he started in the third formation yesterday. After injuring Haščák, he moved to the first attack and in the 46th minute between the circles equalized to 2: 2. In an excellent atmosphere, the attacks then alternated, when both teams could pull the win to their side. Košice had a power play in the 51st minute, but the home team defended well and Breton could take the lead by two minutes. Riečický reflexively pushed his shot away from the blue. CONVERSION CRIMINAL Eduard Šedivý could have been the hero of Košice, but his attempt in the 54th minute was pushed out by Peters. The scorer was Yogan. He just had to foule him and the referees ordered a controversial penalty shootout. Read also VIDEO: Did the referees make another mistake? Ceman: It certainly shouldn’t have been a penalty … The American striker overcame Riečický with a shot between his legs and put it 3: 2. “I had a break and the referees whistled it like that. It was luck, then I scored. I don’t even know what I was thinking about at the end. I guess something was left in my head that the goalkeeper’s coach told us, “continued Yogan, who was an unexpected hero. Coach Andrej Podkonický was very dissatisfied with him and there was a chance that he would not play. “It’s a playoff and things change from day to day. Many factors decide. Players move lower and higher. You have to be ready for everything and just enjoy it, “said the American, who also praised Košice. “Hat down in front of them as they took their chances in the second period. I’m proud we didn’t give up turning it around. The guests were unable to get under pressure at the very end, Yogan’s hat-trick could have finished in the 59th minute, but he failed to face Riečický this time. Less than a minute before the end, Breton fouled and Košice called off the goalkeeper after a break. Rogoň and Ihnačák had a chance, but they did not beat Peters. On the press, whether the most controversial criminal shooting was solved among the players. “We turned it around in the second period, it’s a pity we didn’t score the third goal. Slovan was happier. I don’t want to comment on the shooting, because I would be fined. It’s hard to get an explanation. We have to manage the sixth duel at home in order to return to Slovan, “said Košice captain Michal Chovan. photo gallery Dominik Riečický and on the left Samuel Takáč (Slovan) Source: TASR HC coach Dan Ceman also commented on the key moment. “It was a great match. We expected them to run after us. They won, but we turned the result around. Then we had a few losses and long rotations. We are sorry that we did not score a 3: 1 goal. In the third period, the game Slovan well and leveled. There should be no criminal shootings. It was sad for the atmosphere, the players. That’s not how it should end. We have to deal with it, win at home and return to Bratislava. “” I was just on the switch. It’s hard for me to comment on that. It was also a controversial exclusion in Košice for us, which the opponent decided on. There are a lot of controversial moments in the playoffs, we probably have to deal with it, “added Slovana captain Michal Sersen. Slovan can decide to advance to the finals tomorrow in Košice. “I think we played well there, we just didn’t score. The goalkeeper caught them fantastically. We had a plan to overcome it. I believe that we can do it for them as well. You have to believe it, “said Andrew Yogan. “We don’t play badly for them either, we just need to start changing net chances. To play easily and efficiently, “thought Sersen. All players enjoy a great atmosphere in the sold-out Ondrej Nepel Arena as well as the Steel Arena. “It’s amazing. That’s why we play hockey, “said Yogan. “I am very pleased to have an arena full of fans after a long time. People are having fun. It’s great with us at Slovan, and also in Košice. We can only enjoy it, “added Michal Sersen. “It’s great that people are in the stands again. Hockey also looks different. Players perform better. We play for this whole season. I believe that we will return to Bratislava for the seventh match, “concluded Michal Chovan. SOLD OUT VIEW ALSO WITH LUKÁČ Slovan Bratislava has seen a sold-out point of view after four years. The last time this was on March 1, 2018 was the KHL match with Dinam Minsk. The magic tens of thousands did not fall yesterday, because a few hundred seats were taken by billboards and Vladimír Dzurilla’s Mercedes. Therefore, the official data of the sold-out point of view was on the number 9645. The duel of ancient rivals was watched after years in the Ondrej Nepelu Arena by the Košice legend Vincent Lukáč. “I was here for the last time at the Slovan match with the Jokerit Helsinki in the KHL, but I was in the extra league after ten years. I like how the series is balanced and in a great atmosphere. Košice won in a series thanks to the great Riečický, 70 percent of their success, “said the former great striker for RTVS.