Athletistic/Hockey. Ak Bars head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov may retire soon. This was announced by his grandson and New York Islanders defenseman, Alexander Romanov.

– He already wants to finish. I won’t say it’s his last season. But it was the end of his coaching career. I’m sure it won’t be a long career. How can? We already told him everything, like, what are you doing? There won’t be five more years of hockey. This era is real, he is now aiming for the Cup. When Zinetula Khaidarovich leaves, such hockey will no longer exist. Now they play differently,” Romanov said in an interview with the Cherkasy Atlant YouTube channel.

Recall that Zinetula Bilyaletdinov led the Russian national team from 2011 to 2014. Under her leadership, the national team won the 2012 World Cup.

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