Captain of Ufa”Salavat Yulaev” Grigori Panin On the air of the program “Central Circle” on the MATCH PREMIER channel, he answered the question why there are more hockey stars in Russia than football stars.
Panin is 38 years old, a two-time winner of the Gagarin Cup with Ak Bars Kazan.
– What is easier to play: football or hockey?
– It all depends on the person. Maybe hockey is more dynamic, there are shifts where you can rest. I love hockey, I do very hard physical exercise, especially in the off-season. Hockey is a fairly contact sport where collisions are encouraged. But in football, you can’t run, push with your shoulder, pick up the ball and keep running.
There is no such thing as disliking football players because of their earnings and attention. Football is the number one sport in the world.
— Why are there more hockey stars in Russia?
— Maybe there is some kind of folk love or, for example, it is connected with climatic conditions or some kind of mental component. Where to spend time in winter? On ice rinks and on skates, “Panin said on MATCH PRIME.
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