the russian Alexander Kerzhakovthe all-time top scorer of Russian football and former player of zenith and Seville, among others, broke his silence after emigrating and spoke out against Russia’s military intervention. I don’t understand how this is possible. That in a modern and developed society what happens can happen,” he said in an interview with the famous Russian sports journalist Nobel Arustamián.
Kerzhakov, who moved to Dubai at the end of last year, acknowledged in the interview: “I’m scared. In every interview when they ask me my greatest wish, the only thing I wish for is no war. In the world at large,” he said.
The forward-turned-coach admits that with each passing day he better understands the “magnitude” of the problem that erupted in February 2022 at the start of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
“It doesn’t fit in my head”
“I don’t understand. Unfortunately, it doesn’t fit in my head. I tried, certainly, to explain it to myself, but I couldn’t find answers,” he explained.
That is why he decided to leave Russia, although he insisted that it was not a question of escape or definitely emigration, but rather to temporarily go away and leave his native country for a while.
Kerzhakov He considers that anyone, at this point, in favor of military intervention will not change his mind, because “too much time” has passed, although he believes that the more dangerous is that there are Russians who have not formed . opinion about it and only live.
Since becoming a coach he has led the Priest NN from Nizhny Novgorod, to Tom Siberian et al Karmiotissa Cypriot, a bench he left in February.
UEFA Champion with Sevilla
Kerzhakov -leading scorer in the history of Russian football (233 goals), the national team (30, with Dzyuba) and Zenit (161)- is a three-time league champion with Zenit and won the UEFA Cup with Sevilla (2007 ).
Since the battle began in Ukrainejust in front Fyodor Smolov and the selector Valery Karpin They publicly showed favor in ending the conflict.
Source: La Verdad
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