Russian commentator Gennady Orlov commenting on the football players' performance “Zenith” first half of the season noted the Kazakh defender Nuraly AlipaSports.kz reports with reference to KazFootball.kz.
— At Zenit, foreigners are now accepting citizenship and receiving Russian passports. But this should not guarantee them a place in the squad. There must be competition! And they somehow calmed down. Even team captain Douglas Santos had a very bad end of the year. Alip is the same. He is a fighter, such players are welcome. But there is a certain level of skill. And in the match with Wings, he was unable to help the team in all three goals Zenit conceded,” Orlov told the Championship.
