“Mikhail Kerzhakov achieved everything with his own labor and never gave up” – Kovtun

The coach of the Moscow “Motherland” Yuri Kovtun noted the tenacity of the goalkeeper “Zenith” Mikhail Kerzhakov.

– Already being a coach, I had a chance to work with him. I can say that he always worked hard at 100% and even more. Plus, he is a guy with character, because he did not immediately come to the fore. Kerzhakov is a representative of the previous generation: he does not give high-profile interviews, but he plows the most, does not spare himself. You can see how much he values ​​Zenith. Mikhail grew up there and waited for his chance – now he regularly plays and is the leader of the team. I repeat: Kerzhakov achieved everything with his own labor and never gave up. And he always rescued. Years later, everything paid off handsomely, ”the coach said in an interview with RT.

Zenit beat CSKA on Saturday and won the Russian Super Cup for a record eighth time in history. The main time of the meeting in Kazan ended with the score 0:0. In the penalty shootout, the players from the team from St. Petersburg turned out to be more accurate – 5: 4, Kerzhakov repelled two penalties.

The new season of the MIR RPL starts on July 21 with the Dynamo-Krasnodar match. Match TV will show live three matches of the first round: Lokomotiv – Rubin (July 22, 17:15), Akhmat – Wings of the Soviets (July 22, 19:45) and Sochi – “Baltika” (July 23, 19:45).