Volga press officer Oleg Savinov met with the local Volga in St. Petersburg Zenit at the Trud stadium in Ulyanovsk, which will host the Russian Cup match, reacted to the words of coach Leonid Slutsky criticizing the state of the field.
The meeting will take place on February 25. The starting whistle for the teams will sound at 14:30 Moscow time.
“If you listen to Slutsky, then in Russia you cannot play half the courts. Therefore, he is not currently playing, participating in various shows. Either the pitch is bad or the umpires don’t know how to judge – he had it all fall division.
About the field, that’s his personal opinion. The match with Zenit was directly commissioned, audited three times. You know the solution.
The lawn is monitored by arena experts and an agronomist. In accordance with the work schedule, he is preparing for the Russian Cup match. We are ready for the match”, — quotes Savinov sports24.
Zenit had previously offered the Ulyanovsk club to declare Gazprom Arena a reserve stadium, but Volga refused.
Earlier, Zarema Salikhova, wife of Leonid Fedun, ex-president and owner of Spartak Moscow, criticized Russian Football Union (RFU) for hosting Russian Cup matches in February.