Head coach of SKA and Russia 25 team Romain Rotenberg in an interview with , he hinted that the Lokomotiv footballer Artem Dziuba offended by St. Petersburg, and therefore he allowed himself critical words about the St. Petersburg hockey club.
According to the results of the past season, RPL Zenit became the Russian football champion. The team led by Sergey Semak won gold medals for the fifth consecutive year. At the recent season-closing ceremony in Barvikha, Dzyuba reacted to Rotenberg’s comments that his SKA wants to win five straight KHL titles.
“I know how SKA changed the roster in the offseason – I follow the news. But five times SKA definitely won’t win the Gagarin Cup. I’m pretty sure. No matter how much they want and dream of SKA, there’s at least has CSKA in the league. And you see what CSKA look like. Five times SKA won’t win. It’s impossible, I don’t believe in it,” Dzyuba said in response to a related question from . .
“Time will tell how it will be. In fact, Dziuba is just offended by Saint Petersburg. When he played here for Zenit, he spoke differently. I spoke with him several times, he came to our SKA matches .
But now Dziuba has a strong resentment towards Saint Petersburg, as he no longer plays for Zenit. Everything is clear here.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but there is nothing personal here. Time will tell everything. You have to achieve your goal step by step, striving for victory in every level. We talk about our children’s schools, the development of our SKA Academy. And our youth team must win, and our system must beat its competitors everywhere.
So in the KHL – SKA should strive to win every game. Every year we strive to win the Gagarin Cup. We already have two Gagarin Cups, three Continental Cups. And we are proud of it. This is a major result.
Yes, we are tied with CSKA, somewhere there, we are close. But now we are doing everything we can to take a step forward and bypass CSKA. Of course we want to win every game. And let Dziuba say anything. But the ice will show who is right,” Rotenberg said in an interview with .
SKA has won two Gagarin Cups in club history (2015 and 2017). CSKA has won three Gagarin Cups (2019, 2022, 2023).
Source : MatchTV
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