Everyone who was able to watch the semi-final match of the Olympic tournament between the national teams of Russia and Sweden should have understood what the price of the Olympic medals was, Vladislav Tretiak, head of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR), told RBC Sport, congratulating the whole country on the national team reaching the final of the Games in Pekin.
On Friday, the Russian team made it to the finals of the Olympic tournament, defeating the Swedish team in shootouts with a score of 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 0:1, 1:0).
The Russian team reached the final of the hockey tournament. The main thing at the Olympics Olympiad 2022 “Everyone who watched the game live and experienced on TV screens understood the price of Olympic medals. A huge psychological burden, a nervous game, the result of which is unclear until the last second. The struggle of equal opponents and the very high price of a mistake. I sincerely thank the players who coped with this burden, overcame themselves, survived and won, ”said Tretyak
According to the head of the FHR, the Swedish national team proved to be a powerful team in the match with the Russians, which made the victory even more valuable.
“The Swedish national team proved to be a sharp, strong and skillful team. But our guys are great! They laid down under the puck, scored shootouts at the most necessary moment, goalkeeper Fedotov saved a lot of difficult shots in all segments of the match. Congratulations to all hockey Russia on reaching the finals of the Olympics, on Sunday we are waiting for the most important match of the year. We are looking forward to the game with Finland,” said Tretyak.
The captain of the Russian team shared his emotions after the victory over the Swedes at the 2022 Olympiad The Russian team will meet with the Finnish team on February 20. The Swedish national team will compete on February 19 with the Slovakian team for bronze medals.
The final of the Olympic Games will be the 12th in the history of Russian hockey for the Russian team and the fourth after the collapse of the USSR. In the event of a victory over the Finns, Russian hockey players will get the 10th Olympic gold in history.
The Russian national team is the current champion of the Olympic Games in hockey, the Russian team won gold medals at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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