Head coach of Ak Bars Zinetula Bilyaletdinov appreciated the striker’s exchange Damira Zhafiarova for the front Semyon Kocheleva of Metallurg, and also explained why the defender Nikita Evseev not part of the main team.
In December, Ak Bars received Koshelev from “Metallurgy” by paying monetary compensation. Kazan sent Zhafyarov to “Avant-garde” also in exchange for monetary compensation. A few days before the exchange, agent Shumi Babaev made public statements accusing Bilyaletdinov of “murdering” hockey players Zhafyarov and Evseev.
— Can we say that the exchange of Zhafyarov for Koshelev has become equivalent? The latter appears in the first link.
— I would not like to give any evaluation or compare. Semyon is a good guy, a team player. He understands what needs to be done and does his job well. There is no point in comparing the two players.
— How satisfied are you with Riley Barber?
— I can’t say that I’m very happy. There are things to sort out, we’ve talked to him about them, he’s working, putting himself in order.
– Can you say what went wrong for Nikita Evseev?
— Last season turned out to be pretty good for him. In pre-season, in preparatory matches, at the start of the regular season, he did not show the level that would suit us. That’s why he is at Neftyanik now,” Bilyaletdinov quotes the club’s official website.
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