Vladimír Růžiček has not yet succeeded in improving the performances and results of the hockey players of Litvínov during the current season. The 58-year-old coach, who led the national team to world titles in 2005 and 2010, has still not found a recipe for stabilizing Verva’s performance. He has been with the team for two and a half months.
The Litvínov team has not only won a maximum of twice in a row since his start, but they also have outages too often during individual matches. Today’s duel with Zlín was a clear proof of that.
At first it seemed that the last Rams would not put up more resistance and Verva’s win would be just a matter of the score, but in the end the opposite was true. “The first period was quite decent, then in the second we had a 2: 0 chance, but we didn’t score, the opponent put us under a bit of pressure and reduced. The third period was similar. At 3: 1, when it’s ten minutes to go , but we simply can’t let the match go, “Růžička told reporters after the match.
“But exactly one thing turns out – it’s about the twelfth or thirteenth match I’ve been here, when we lead, but we don’t finish it and lose. This is the highlight of everything when we’re not able to play this. , but we do not block a single shot from the blue line, we are not willing to give more, so we will not bring the matches to a victorious end, “believes Růžička.
In the fight with the Rams, two fundamental problems emerged in full nudity. The Litvínov people are able to throw away a number of unloaded opportunities, while they themselves are able to collect from practically nothing. “It’s relatively simple – we lose a lot of personal fights. The first goal collected was proof of that. And there are several of those situations in one match. We lose one-on-one situations, we don’t play those fights at all,” said Růžička.
“I don’t know if we subconsciously underestimated something, but we still have nothing to underestimate when we’re hanging out somewhere. Even at 3: 1, we can’t underestimate anything. The other thing is that we have a lot of chances, but we don’t score goals. , it was not the first match when we have a problem with that, “added Růžička.
In his view, there is only one way to improve. “We have to work with it and we have to do a lot of it,” Růžička emphasized. “It’s not like that. I don’t know if the players don’t realize it or I don’t know what’s behind it, but this isn’t normal. That we lead in Trinec and lose, well, it can happen, but it can’t happen twelve times that we lead and the match we won’t make it to the victorious end, that’s wrong, “said the former great striker and captain of the Nagano Olympic team.
Litvínov currently ranks 13th. Despite the widespread participation in the elimination fights, which will affect 12 teams instead of the usual 10, the North Bohemians would remain out of the game in the current situation. On the contrary, they must be careful not to step on their heels in Kladno, which has recently been presented with improved performances, and they are not affected by play-offs. In addition, the Knights can cut from a twelve-point shortage on Sunday, when they will perform on the Litvínov ice.
“I’m sure it’s wrong with this approach. We’re completely agree that we have to talk about this a lot. And any changes before the end of the transfer period? We’ll see what happens,” Růžička concluded.
