“Olympic champion Mikhailov doesn’t think about ending his career, he’s a super volleyball fan” – Verbov

Diagonal Olympic Champion”Zenith » Maxim Mikhailov at the moment he is not thinking about ending his career, he is a super fan of volleyball, the head coach of the Kazan team said in an interview with Alexei Verbov .

Mikhailov has been playing for Zenit since 2010. As part of the Kazan team, he won the Russian championship eight times, the Champions League five times, as well as the 2017 Club World Cup. With the national team Russian, the volleyball player won gold, silver and bronze at the Olympics.

– Mikhailov is already 35 years old and he is still as stable and dangerous in attack and on the pitch as he was many years ago. What is his secret?

Mikhailov is a unique athlete. I will tell you more. Mikhailov wasn’t quite stable, but was an even better version of himself in the last playoffs. Max has always been the person all the teams have rolled over – the national team, the club. He wasn’t just a striker with a great set of elements, he was a real leader leading our team. At the same time, last season, Mikhailov and I had certain individual goals.

– Which ones exactly?

Let this remain our secret. But I am very happy not for another title in the career of Maxim, but for the fact that he heard me, believed me and it turned out that he achieved what I wanted .

– Mikhailov does not think of ending his career?

– No. He’s a huge volleyball fan, sometimes you have to slow him down. He is definitely an example for the youth. When you have such a person on your team, everyone automatically starts reaching out to them, even if you’re a chronic lazy person. That’s Max’s super side. He does everything 100%, he never lets himself slip, he is a great professional. As a coach, I have to release him more, let him recover, because there are health problems,” Verbov said in an interview with .