MOSCOW, June 25, Vasily Bogdanov.Dynamo Moscow goalkeeper Igor Leshchuk praised the debut of the captain of the Washington Capitals National Hockey League club Alexander Ovechkin in football. On June 24, Ovechkin signed a one-match contract with the Dynamo football club. On Saturday, he entered the field in the starting lineup with the captain's armband in the match against the amateur team «Amkal» and opened the scoring in the 11th minute, hitting the opponent's goal with his left foot after Fedor Smolov's heel pass. «Dynamo» won with a score of 5: 0. «Ovechkin is in perfect order, you saw everything yourself. In ten minutes on the field, he «threw one from the minibus» and scored a goal. He asked him if there would be power moves. He promised without «We can do without them, but, apparently, it didn't work out. Why did they score only one goal before the break? They wanted to show that Alexander is in excellent shape as a football player, they decided not to score more than one. Can you imagine if four more would have been thrown after him? Everything for Sasha» , Leshchuk told reporters. Ovechkin is a graduate of the Dynamo Moscow hockey club and a fan of the Blue and White. “We won 5-0, what can I say. Let them train more. Attitude towards the media league? football, but a parody. But the guys from Amkal are still great, they got the opportunity to play at the VTB Arena with the club of the Russian Premier League, they are doing a show. So, they are doing everything right. Unfortunately, today the fans did not come to Dynamo «, but on Yegor Creed and Amkal. But we have our own program, continuing We are preparing for the season, we played the first control match. Of course, we would like opponents of a higher level, but the last match was useful for us, including for attracting fans,» the goalkeeper added. Leshchuk also shared his first impressions of working with the new head coach Slavisha Jokanovic, who headed Dynamo in the offseason. “I don’t know how the new coach reacted to the fact that he had to debut against a team of bloggers. It is better to ask him and management. But in any case, this is the first match for him that he wanted to win. He told us before the match that he wanted to see our best qualities. What are the differences compared to Sandro Schwartz? The new coach is more strict, very focused on discipline. With her, everything was fine with us, and now it has become even better. While he is looking at us, and we are looking at him,» Leshchuk said.
