Petersburg “Zenith” former coach Vlastimil Petrzhela condemned the fans who threw a banana at the blue-white-blue player Wendel. “Sports Express”.
“These people are stupid. It happens everywhere. There are such bad people in Russia, the Czech Republic and other countries. Such supporters need to be punished, but nothing will change,” he said.
The incident occurred during the 1/4 final match of the Cup of Russia between Ulyanovsk “Volga” and “Zenith”.
It should be noted that during almost the entire match, the spectators threw snowballs at the referees, players and staff of the Trud stadium named after Lev Yashin. During the break, the announcer urged the fans to stop such actions.
The Russian Football Union (RFU) may penalize the Ulyanovsk Volga with a fine of 200 thousand to 2 million rubles per banana and a match without spectators.
Formerly Russian Premier League (RPL) He did an explanation Volga Ulyanovsk and Zenit St. Regarding the incident that occurred at the end of the quarter-final match between St.