Head coach of Russia chose the goalkeeper on the match of the eurohockey team against the Czech Republic

Goal against Russia in the third match of the Czech stage of the Euro tour will defend Andrey Vasilevskiy.

• © Alexey Kudenko
• RIA Novosti

“In the third game of the Czech games at the gate of the national team will play Andrey Vasilevskiy,” — said the press service of Federation of hockey of Russia.

In the previous match against the national team of Finland (1:3) the goal of the team Ilya Vorobyov defended Alexander Georgiev, who was named the best player of the match. Vasilevskiy played in the opening match against the Swedes (4:6) and missed five goals.

The match between Russia and Czech Republic will start on 5 may at 19:00 GMT. This will be the last match for both teams before the start of the world championship in Slovakia, which will be held from 10 to 26 may.

Earlier Pashkov said that the Russian team should not abandon the players in the NHL.