“He is a hockey fan” – Alex Ovechkin jokingly calls out Lionel Messi for messy English while appreciating Neymar’s love for hockey

“He is a hockey fan” – Alex Ovechkin jokingly calls out Lionel Messi for messy English while appreciating Neymar’s love for hockey

Alex Ovechkin and Lionel Messi

That was surely a fun and exciting outing as sports superstars Alex Ovechkin, Lionel Messi, and Neymar met and chatted with each other at the Fonbet event in Moscow. Ovechkin has always been a huge fan of soccer. His love for the sport has been well documented, from Spain’s historic club FC Barcelona to suiting up for FC Moscow Dynamo.

At the event, Ovechkin spoke about two former Barca, now Paris-Saint German forwards, according to Ria Novosti. First came the legendary soccer player, Lionel Messi, and following him the uber-talent Neymar’s name popped up. Ovie has previously met with these sports superstars where they all exchanged jerseys, balls, autographs, and even cleats in the case of Neymar.

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Alex Ovechkin was excited to find Neymar being a fan of hockey

Neymar and Alex Ovechkin
Neymar and Alex Ovechkin

As per Google translation, Ovechkin said to Ria, “There was an opportunity to get to know Messi with Neymar”. “Messi speaks English worse than me, it was easier with Neymar. By the way, he is a hockey fan.” To celebrate Ovechkin’s 1000th NHL game, his teammates got together and bought him a vacation trip to Barcelona to see Lionel Messi‘s play.

He met Messi in March 2015, when Argentina beat EI Salvador 2-0 in an international friendly match. In a similar way, Ovie also met Neymar in September of 2018 after Brazil’s win over EL Salvador 5-0 in another friendly match at FedEx. Though he is a fan of soccer he stated that flopping or diving to draw a whistle doesn’t go well with him.

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He said, “Simulations? I don’t welcome them, but everyone has their own style”. “Of course, there are hockey players who feign injuries, but this is not the same as in football.” Ovie earned his 1000th NHL point in his 880 NHL game. He played his 1000th NHL game in March this year. He is currently chasing after Wayne Gretzky to break his NHL record. The way he is still playing at 36 years may take him up to Gretzky by the end of the 2023-24 season.

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