Nikita Nesterov: I am sure in our team, we have reserves
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Nikita Nesterov: I am sure in our team, we have reserves

The CSKA guard answered reporters' questions after the win over Dynamo in the 4th game of the series.

- Sergey Fedotov said that there was a tough conversation after the first frame. What did you have to pull out to win the match?

- There was a conversation after the first frame but it wasn't so tough as it seems. Yes, we raised our voices a bit. We just overslept at the beginning of the first frame, then we rolled in, scored, quickly got one goal back and brought the game to victory.

- I don't want to jinx it but now CSKA is a monster: 8 wins in 8 games, you pull out the game from 0-3. How much do you feel the team hasn't exhausted its reserves yet?

- I am confident in my team, we have reserves. We showed it today. I think that we can add up from game to game but the most interesting stuff is ahead. We are glad to win, glad that we showed our character today, that we were able to win back. A couple of weekends and we're getting ready to move on.

- This is the Olympic season. How much the pauses between series help: there was a break after the Olympics, after Lokomotiv, now it's also 4-0 and more time to prepare.

- Everyone reacts differently, some want to play more, some say they need to rest. There are different situations. We are glad that we won two series 4-0, we have time to recover, rest and go forward again.

- If you were told before the playoffs that both series against strong teams Lokomotiv and Dynamo would end 4-0, would you believe it?

- I think I wouldn't. These are two strong teams, they play almost on the same level in defense. It was hard to score. But it is what it is, right?

- It seemed that the away games were played second. Is this true?

- I wouldn't say that during the away games we played second. We always play first according to the situation. If there is an opportunity to press - we press, if not - we play according to the system. I think that we always play first.

- Can you single out someone of your teammates?

- It's the playoffs, it's the team that wins, I won't single out anyone. All work for the team, for the result, all the guys are good, we go on.