MOSCOW, August 12, Pavel Levkovich. Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin expressed his hope that the transfer of Alexei Miranchuk to the Italian Torino will be a good example for other Russian players. On Thursday, Torino announced the lease of Miranchuk from Atalanta. The agreement includes a buyout option. «I am proud of such a breakthrough that Alexey, our Russian football player, will play in one of the European clubs. I hope that this will be a good example for everyone, a good motivator for our other football players. But for me, as a minister, it is important that sport is competitive and internal competition also takes place.We also respect the success of European clubs, study their experience.The fact that Miranchuk will play in Torino will create a good platform for analyzing our problems and become a reason for pride for the success of the Russian athlete,» Matytsin told reporters. Earlier, another Russian footballer, Alexander Kokorin, who plays in Europe, did not get into the Italian Fiorentina to participate in the pre-season training camp in Austria and Spain. «Should Kokorin take an example from him? Sport — this is individual.As an example, it is worth studying what gave Alexei the right to play for a European club, what was the basis for his preparation, both psychological and tactful ical. It is necessary to take an example from such a position. It is impossible to copy anyone in sports,» the minister added.
