Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorKokorin chose not to return to Russia, but to stay in sunny Europe. However, Alexander still ended up in a Russian-speaking company. 581 days at the club, 216 game minutes in 11 matches and zero effective actions — these are the statistics of Alexander Kokorin as part of the Italian Fiorentina. During the days of his move to Florence, a lot of odes were sung to the Russian: laudatory reviews followed even from Fabio Capello and Roberto Mancini. However, the expectations turned out to be not just overestimated, but fabulous and fantastic. With every day of stay (namely, stay, not performances) in Italy, Violets fans, local journalists and even club leaders became more and more disappointed in the Russian and were looking for at least some option to part with the player. Surprisingly, this option was found in Europe. True, only in Cyprus — Alexander's new club was «Aris» from Limassol, which is located on the southern coast of the country, covered by the warm Mediterranean Sea. View of the magnificent architecture of the Renaissance 31-year-old Russian changed to a hot resort. He went there on loan.
