Former football player of the Russian national team Andrey Arshavin in the match of the Russian Cup with Ulyanovsk “Volga” in St. Petersburg “Zenith” talked about the incident with a banana thrown at the football player of Wendel “match tv”.
“Did you think we would return to the issue of racism at the beginning of 2023? We’ve already forgotten that. I hope this happens once and we forget about racism in football for a long time, ”said Arshavin.
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.
Earlier commentator Dmitry Guberniev CallDuring the match against Volga Ulyanovsk in the Russian Cup, Zenit St. To punish a fan who threw a banana at St. Petersburg football player Wendel.