Russian hockey player Ilya Kovalchuk expressed confidence that he could again win the love of Spartak fans.
Tuesday “Spartacus” During the regular season match of the KHL Championship against Dynamo Moscow, Fonbet announced the return of Kovalchuk to the team. It was at Spartak that Kovalchuk began his professional career and played for the “red and whites” from 1999 to 2001.
— You know that Spartak fans don’t have very strong opinions about you…
— We have unfinished business that we will resolve. The most important thing is to go out on the ice and make them happy. I think I will win the fans’ love again. The main thing is to get into the team now, because the guys are all playing very well, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Kovalchuk’s words.
On Tuesday, Spartak defeated Dynamo Moscow with a score of 8:7 in overtime.
Kovalchuk, 40, last played in the KHL at the end of April 2021, when he won the Gagarin Cup with the Avangard. Since then, he has not played for two and a half seasons as an active hockey player, but as a coach he traveled with the Russian national team to the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, where the The money was won.
Source : MatchTV
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