Oleg Kiselev: «We expected the game to be tough.»

Head coach of «Astana» Oleg Kiselev summed up the game in Minsk.

«We expected the game to be tough. «MINSK» has been playing very well lately, gaining momentum. They've been a bit unlucky in the final moments of the game. Today, we also took the game into overtime. If we were a bit unlucky in overtime with «Runa,» here we played the last 5 minutes exactly as needed.

I would like to congratulate my team – they deserved the win. For us, it was a tough match, even in a psychological sense, very important because we lost the last two games at home to «Runa» and CSKA. For us, it was a kind of exam. Today, we showed that we are ready.

Next, we go home. We have UNICS, «Parma Nizhny Novgorod,» and two home games, where we will try not only to fight but also to win and please our fans.»