“We've never played at this level.” The goalkeeper of the Kazakhstan national team shared his emotions after the first match at the 2025 World Cup – Hockey

Personal posters and applause for every save – this is how Canadians support the Kazakh goalkeeper. After the opening match, he commented on the last match against Sweden (1:8) and thanked everyone who was rooting for him in an interview with the republican Internet portal Sports.kz.

— The game went through periods, the first didn’t play very well, then we talked during the break, came out for the second and played much better. We made just ridiculous mistakes that led to goals, let's try to correct this and get ready for the next game. The game, in general, was difficult for the boys, it was just their first experience in the elite division, we’ll draw conclusions and get ready.

— Did you just start feeling the game in the second period?
– Well, yes, because we have never played at this level, even if we take Russia, we can’t even compare with this. The boys play Pro, Jas Ligasy,…