Sergei Shirokov: "We were close to defeating CSKA"

- What emotions do you have?

- I feel empty inside. Everything finished in one second, time is required for it to sink in.

- Can you blame yourselves for anything?

- Four teams were left, now only three remain. It's too early to make conclusions, but we can look each other in the eyes because we did everything that we could. In some moments, we were a bit unlucky.

- How did CSKA stop SKA from scoring?

- At the moment, it's too early to make conclusions. CSKA played great, their players fought hard and stuck to their system. Maybe we needed to make more adventurous plays, shoot more, but it's hard to speak about this now - no emotions are left at all.

- Were they stronger physically?

- No, I wouldn't say that.

- Before the playoffs, no one believed that SKA would beat Lokomotiv or Dynamo.

- We were close to defeating CSKA too. The series score is 0:4, but we had good chances to win in Moscow, and here there were two overtimes. It wasn't easy for CSKA.

- You played very cautiously in this game, but right at the end CSKA had two big breakaway chances.

- We tried to score ourselves, and let CSKA in on the counterattack. Never mind. No one will remember such moments, the season is over for us. It's a real shame.

- What can you say about the fans?

- I would like to thank them. Without our supporters, we would not have made it to this stage. Future victories will come. The fans give us emotions, a stimulus to play and win. Once again, a huge thanks go to them.