Former Lokomotiv football player Dmitry Bulykin admitted that he was surprised by the hat-trick of striker Artem Dzyuba in the match of the 18th round of the WORLD RPL with Rostov.

On Saturday, Lokomotiv defeated Rostov 3-1. Dziuba, who played the first match in the championship for the Moscow club, scored a hat-trick and was recognized as the best player of the meeting.

– Well done to all, Dzyuba is a handsome man. Rostov is not ready yet – the defenders did not know where to run, stumbled, and the game ended with a benefit performance by Dziuba and Lokomotiv. I am very surprised that Artem scored three, he was super motivated.

I thought he would save goals for the next matches. He raised such a bar that in the next match we expect that he will score not one goal, but more. Pleasantly surprised, happy for Artem, closed everyone’s mouths and feels more confident, has not lost his scoring instinct.

The opponent’s players allowed to score three, but this is more Dzyuba’s merit – he wanted to score and was looking for chances, he found three whole times. Pinyaev also had good passes.

Lantratov will be the first number until he makes blunders or until he gets injured. He has serious competitors: the Russian national team player Guilherme and the young Khudyakov, who has shown that he can play well. Such healthy competition helps everyone,” Bulykin told Metaratings.ru.

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