MOSCOW, 28 May. Forward of the Moscow football club «Locomotive» Artem Dzyuba responded to the captain of the NHL «Washington» club Alexander Ovechkin, who called him «weak».
On Friday, Ovechkin attended a training session of the Moscow «Dynamo» players before the match of the 29th round of the Russian Championship with Lokomotiv. Forward “white-and-blue” Fyodor Smolov invited the owner of the Stanley Cup to “hang out” with Dziuba. Ovechkin replied: «Why push with him? He's weak.»
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«I forgive Ovechkin. With such a cute belly, she can afford (to say like that). But today he saw who is strong and who is not. Sashenka, we can hustle with pleasure,” said Dziuba, quoted by Match TV.
On Sunday, Lokomotiv beat Dynamo with a score of 4:2. Dziuba, in the absence of Dmitry Barinov, was the team captain in the match. The striker played his 400th match in the championships of Russia.