Striker “Lokomotiv” Artem Dziuba said he was joking, talking about the possibility of hitting with Alexander Ovechkin but hinted that on the football field he would push away the famous hockey player.
On Friday, May 26, Ovechkin attended a training session at Dynamo on the eve of the derby with Lokomotiv in the Russian championship. “White and blue” striker Fyodor Smolov suggested Ovechkin push with Dzyuba, to which the hockey player replied: “How about we push with him? He is weak.” On Sunday, after winning the derby (4-2), Dzyuba, on , suggested Ovechkin push.
– We have [с Овечкиным] in general, everything is wonderful. He joked, we have great respect for each other. We even corresponded a little with him, because we were starting to inflate a lot of “banging” or something.
Sasha Ovechkin is a legend, I have a lot of respect for him. Great sportsman, great sportsman. Therefore, we could only hit or anything in comic form. Everyone fully understands that if we collided on the hockey rink, he would beat me, but football is my territory. I know better how to put my foot or something like that. Without anger, without everything. It’s just jokes, humor, and we both understand that,” Dzyuba said in a video post on the social network.
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