Olympic Games Ilya Kovalchuk comments on the Olympic finals: “The beginning of something great” – Russian puck boss praises Lion

Of the Russians bitter comments have been heard from the mouth since Sunday’s Olympic finals. However, there are also more favorable opinions about the victory of the Lions in the eastern neighborhood.

Served as the team’s general manager at the Beijing Olympics Ilya Kovalchuk comments on the outcome of the game to the Russian Championatille.

“The feelings about the tournament are mixed, I wanted us to win. It’s hard to say anything, but I want to thank the guys deeply. It was difficult to prepare for the tournament – some were sick and others only joined later – but they did everything with a good conscience, worked and fought, thank you very much. ”

Kovalchuk says he doesn’t like the silver medal.

“But this is the beginning of something big,” Kovalchuk shouts.

The Russian describes the Olympic finals as “modern hockey”.

“I would not say that Finns dominate today. They played their own game. We started scoring, which is positive. ”

Hockey size Kovalchuk, 38, has not officially ended his career as a player, although he has not played a match this season. He was named general manager of the Russian team in October.

Russian President of the Hockey Association, Red Machine Legend Vladislav Tretjak praised the Lions’ extracts in the final.

“It must be remembered that the final was lost to a very strong opponent. The Finns are great. They prepared diligently, step by step, ”Tretjak commented to the Russian For Sport-Express.

“Finland brought a very strong and confident national team to Beijing. We can say that they deserve this victory. ”