Before “Ak Barsa” Alexander Radulov told that during the three-time world champion’s farewell match Danisa Zaripova experienced strong emotions, noting that the event was well organized.
Zaripov’s farewell match took place on Wednesday in Kazan between the teams “white” and “green” (12:9). Before the match, Ak Bars withdrew the 25th number, under which the 42-year-old striker played.
– How do you find Zaripov’s farewell match? It was a touching game.
“Everything was very well organized. You yourself saw that a full hall gathered, people came from different cities. But there was a difficult situation with tickets, there were a lot of applicants and someone couldn’t get in – they only watched on TV.
A big thank you to Danis for his great career and for bringing everyone together for his match. It’s really super. At one point, I even got goosebumps. Everyone knows what Zaripov has done for hockey. May God grant him good luck in everything, in health, and may everything work out in all new ventures, ”Radulov said in an interview with .
Zaripov is a five-time Gagarin Cup winner with Ak Bars and Metallurg Magnitogorsk. The striker holds the record for matches played in the Russian championships – 1324.
The FONBET regular season of the KHL Championship begins on September 1 with the Opening Cup game between CSKA and Ak Bars. Watch live broadcasts of tournament matches on the channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the matchtv.u and sportbox.ru sites
Source : MatchTV
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