The words of the Lokomotiv striker Artem Dziuba on the intention to beat the goalscoring record of the ex-Zenith player Alexandra Kerzhakova they talk about the character of the striker of railway workers, the best football player of the USSR in 1972, Yevgeny Lovchev told .
Former Zenit and Russian national team striker Kerzhakov, who retired in 2017, tops the list of top scorers among Russian footballers with 233 goals. Dzyuba scored a brace on Saturday in the match of the 21st day of WORLD RPL with Nizhny Novgorod’s “BET NN” (4: 0). Due to the 34-year-old striker was 223 goals in official matches. Earlier, Dzyuba told that he intends to be ahead of Kerzhakov in this indicator.
– He said yesterday that he wants to break Kerzhakov’s goalscoring record.
“That says a lot about character. Have you ever heard someone say they want to be the best? And Dzyuba says it and does it! After all, then he will have to answer!
Will he be able to overtake Kerzhakov?
– Kerzhakov leads him by 10 goals in total. Therefore, it will work, I think,” Lovchev told .
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Source : MatchTV
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