Former Lokomotiv Moscow defender Dmitry Sennikov commented on the possible resumption of his career by Roman Pavlyuchenko, and also compared the situation with the anniversary match of Dmitry Loskov for Lokomotiv.

Earlier, Ufa CEO Shamil Gazizov told Match TV that the club had made an offer to 41-year-old Pavlyuchenko.

– Pavlyuchenko can resume his career to score the 200th goal? This is respect for the player. On the one hand, Roman said that he had played enough football, and on the other hand, the same situation was with Dmitry Loskov. Only he lacked one match before the anniversary. Already being a coach, he prepared for half a year and went out in the Premier League, played for ten minutes, and very worthy! It was great both for the fans and for Dima. This is respect from the club. I welcome such moments.

But a goal still needs to be scored, it is not enough to declare it. When Roman played in Znamya, there was a match with Wings of the Soviets in the Russian Cup. Then Roman had to score one goal, and Samara scored nine goals for them. Well, you miss at least one out of respect for Pavlyuchenko, take a penalty! And they didn’t.

It is clear that he has not played at this level for a long time, but it all depends on the situation. I remember we played against Gazovik – they had club president Tumaev out for a few minutes, and he was over 50 years old. He scored both from the penalty spot and from the game. Such an attacker can always have a moment, ”Championship” quotes Sennikov.

The proposal of “Ufa” to sign a contract with Pavlyuchenko for one match of the FONBET Cup of Russia with “Akhmat” was reported by journalist Ivan Karpov. For the past four years, Pavlyuchenko has played for the Noginsk Znamya. In October, the FTC RFU suspended the player for eight matches of the Second League for attempting to physically influence an opponent and offensive language in a match with Cosmos. After that, Pavlyuchenko announced his retirement from the team and his retirement.

On February 26, Ufa will play in the quarterfinals of the lower bracket of the FONBET Cup of Russia with Akhmat, the meeting will begin at 14:30 Moscow time. MELBET First League matches will resume on March 5. Watch live broadcasts of the Russian Cup and First League games on the Match TV federal channel and the holding’s thematic channels, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.