The Head Coach”petrochemical » Oleg Leontiev did not rule out that the striker Nail Yakupov will be able to play in the Nizhnekamsk club on the same line with his brother Raul Yakupov .
On Monday, Neftekhimik lost to Avangard Omsk (4:5 OT) in a pre-season game. Nail Yakupov scored an assist in this game.
– We have all the links first. The fact that Nail Yakupov started the match with Avangard in the nominal third line with Bryukvin and Dergachev means nothing. We love how Nail is performing during pre-season. He has the potential to be the team’s top scorer. And he can become a captain, like any other – we have 22 captains.
Can Nail play in the same line with his younger brother Raul Yakupov? It is not excluded, everything happens in life – if Raul will correspond to the level of our team. While we see it as a limiter, 18-year-olds are generally unstable,” reports a correspondent in Leontyev’s words.
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Source : MatchTV
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