Russian coach Andrei Tikhonov on the air of “” said that he wanted to play against the Italian Marco Materazzi at the Legends Cup 2023 tournament in Moscow.
The “Legends Cup” with the participation of teams from Russia, CIS, Europe, Africa, Latin American countries and the star team will be held in Moscow from February 10 to 12. Due to the Russian team 13 wins in 14 tournaments.
“I would like to play against Materazzi, that unpleasant comrade,” Tikhonov said on . – Zidane then hit him [в финале ЧМ‑2006]did the right thing. A rare provocateur, the last time they played, I pushed him a little, and Marco fell – that he lifted his legs. Like a veterans tournament, but here it is. But there are several.
Coach Oleg Kornaukho expressed the hope that Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha would participate in the tournament.
– I hope Okocha gets here, one of the most technical football players in the world after all. Heightened emotions during tournament matches? Let the veterans perform, but it’s still a sport, everyone wants to prove they’re better,” he said.
Former “Wings of the Soviets” footballer Andrei Karyaka said which of the European teams he would like to see again at the tournament.
“The Portuguese team left a pleasant impression, they were always so musical, they found something, they always made all kinds of jokes, jokes,” he added.
Alexander Filimonov, Dmitry Khlestov, Oleg Kornaukhov, Evgeny Aldonin, Konstantin Golovskoy, Alexander Samedov, Yuri Zhirkov, Yegor Titov, Dmitry Alenichev, Andrey Karyaka, Pavel Pogrebnyak will perform for the Legends of Russia team. Andrei Tikhonov will be one of the team’s coaches.
Watch live broadcasts of the Legends Cup matches on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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