Lokomotiv defender Alexei Marchenko commented on the defeat from CSKA (1:4) in the fourth match of the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup.
“It’s hard to talk about the results of such a match. Maybe we weren’t strong enough. Now you can say a lot of things, the result is known – 0-4. Therefore, you should not focus on the defeat in the first match. About any series, you can say that its course could be different. How will I rate the season? If you don’t win, then a bad season, ”the KHL website quotes Marchenko as saying.
CSKA scored four victories in a row over Lokomotiv and won the series with a clean sheet (4-0). Thus, the team reached the semi-finals of the Western Conference.
Marchenko in the 2021/22 KHL playoff series, he played in all four matches of the team and scored two points (1 + 1).
