Former head of Moscow “Locomotive” Olga Smorodskaya brought the incident during the match of the Russian Cup in St. Petersburg “Zenith” Wendel reacted with a banana thrown at the player. DEA News.
“This is so ugly, unacceptable, no right to live. It is necessary to find the one who goes and punish them severely. Racism in its purest form,” Smorodskaya said.
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.
Former actor of Ulyanovsk “Volga” Dmitry Efremov commented The incident of throwing a banana at St. Petersburg Zenit Vendel’s player during the Russian Cup match.