The Russian striker is hoping for a speedy recovery after sustaining a hamstring injury in the World Cup qualifying match against Israel national team on Tuesday
Newly appointed Russian national team head coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kokorin-c4576 and Zenit St. Petersburg’s Aleksandr
Kerzhakov upfront.
However, the former Real Madrid boss had to replace Kokorin on 34th minute after the Russian striker sustained a hamstring injury. The attacker has now joined http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Anyukov-c4549 in the treatment room.
The 21-year-old forward, who was replaced by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Viktor-Fayzulin-c36130 after leaving the field in the first-half of the match, doubled Russia’s lead in the match following Kerzhakov’s opening goal.
Kokorin has expressed his disappointment on his recent injury, saying that he did not want to come off the field. However, the former Lokomotiv Moscow striker assured the fans of getting back to action as soon as possible.
“I do not know what happened but I felt something on my thigh. Now I am flying back home, I'll get my MRI reports, then everything will become clear. I believe that everything will be fine, but I cannot promise anything now. We
played brilliantly and I wanted to play the entire game.”
“The first goal seemed to take the Israelis by surprise as they did not expect Kerzhakov to score from a free kick. I am happy with the win and the fact that I scored my first goal for the country.” The Russian striker-c*m-winger
was quoted as saying.
Kokorin went on to thank newly appointed Capello for giving him a chance to start the second group stage qualifying match against the blue and white, saying that he justified the coach’s selection after scoring a decent goal.
The striker admitted that he was surprised over seeing his name in the starting line-up prior to the match, insisting that Capello, who replaced d**k Advocaat as their manager last month, likes to play with one striker upfront.
Kokorin expressed his satisfaction over his side’s 4-0 win and assured the fans of similar performances in near future.
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