Coach Alexander Klimkin Praises Performance Despite Loss to Dynamo Moscow

The head coach of «Dynamo-Leningrad» **Alexander Klimkin** provided his insights following the defeat to Moscow’s «Dynamo» in the group stage of the men’s Russian Cup. The match concluded with a score of 3:1 (25:22, 25:18, 19:25, 25:17) in favor of the capital team.

«I really enjoyed the match, and the players’ attitude was positive. However, we made far too many mistakes—too many in each set. The exception was the third set when ‘Dynamo’ relaxed and lost an opportunity. We made some substitutions in the third set, and ‘Dynamo’ seemed to take it easy, but had our players continued to play as they should, the match could have easily ended 3:0.

Was there a special motivation against ‘Dynamo’? What happened in the playoffs is behind us. Many of the guys mentioned that they had just returned from a tournament and weren’t at their best. Meanwhile, we were hitting the level we had the potential to maintain over a longer period,» Klimkin’s comments are reported by the press service of the VFV on their official website.