Atlanta midfielder Alexei Miranchuk It is unlikely that he will be able to achieve the same success in America in football as the hockey player from Washington. Alexander Ovechkin said Russian coach and official Igor Bakhmutov.
Atlanta announced on Tuesday the transfer of Miranchuk from Italian side Atalanta. The deal with the 28-year-old runs through the end of the 2027 season, with an option to extend for another year. Miranchuk has played for Atalanta since 2020 and won the Europa League with the team.
— It is unlikely that Miranchuk will become as great in America as Ovechkin. In terms of skills, our football players are not on a par with hockey players. With all due respect to this sport and the guys. I myself love football and played it.
Probably, at the age of 15, I was better at football than at hockey. But from a distance, it is hockey players who take over with their skill. Life shows us how many of our guys play in the NHL and how many footballers there are in America or Europe, “former hockey player Bakhmutov told Legalbet.
Ovechkin is 38 years old. The Russian forward, with 853 goals scored, ranks second on the list of the best snipers in NHL history, behind Canadian Wayne Gretzky (894). With the Capitals, Ovechkin won the Stanley Cup in the 2017-18 season.
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