Forward of Yaroslavl hockey club “Locomotive” Alexander Radulov In an interview with , he said he wanted victory in Moscow “Dynamo” during the previous edition of the Russian Football Championship.
Last season “Zenith” became the Russian champion in the last round thanks to the victory over Rostov and the defeat of Dynamo by Krasnodar in a parallel match. Sergei Semak’s team won the RPL title for six years in a row.
— Your vision of football is very interesting, especially since you like the RPL. Zenit won the title six years in a row. The last season had an extremely intriguing ending.
— Yes, I watched the matches of the last round. You can’t imagine, I played three matches online. There it was decided who would win the gold. Well done, well, we can congratulate them.
To be honest, I was a fan of Dynamo Moscow. I wanted them to win. Not because I support the “blue and white” in football or anyone in particular. I just wanted the other team to become champions.
You know yourself that Dynamo has not won anything for a very, very long time. It would be great for them to win gold. But Zenit also proved it, managing to strengthen at the decisive moment. This is their great merit.
— Why is Zenit so cool? And why can’t SKA win six KHL titles in a row? After all, the sponsor is the same, and Peter also brings together the best players on the market.
“And I don’t even know how to tell you.” We probably have slightly different rules in the KHL in terms of foreign players and the number of games. And in hockey, there are playoffs, especially with four rounds. That’s not the case in football; the championship is fluid. Teams advance and score points. Lost there, won here. But in hockey, you lose four games and you’re out.
“I think hockey is more interesting. Although I also like football,” Radulov told .
During the offseason, Radulov, 38, left Ak Bars and signed a one-year contract with Lokomotiv. Last season, the Ak Bars forward scored 40 (16+24) points in 58 KHL regular season games, adding 4 (1+3) points in four playoff games.
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