Commentator Gennady Orlov spoke about the racist scandal in the Russian Cup match between Volga Ulyanovsk and Zenit, refusing to call it racism.
“It has very little to do with racism. Such is the glory of Herostratus, who set fire to the temple in order to become famous. Many people rush to the football field to introduce themselves, to show their friends how “hero” he is. And this man wanted to be famous with this trick. I can’t see any other reason. So Wendel should not be upset. And the person who threw the banana must be found, he must pay the penalty,” Orlov says. sports24.
90+1 of the match played in Ulyanovsk. Remember when one of the fans threw a banana at Wendel. The match ended with Zenith’s victory of 3:0.
The Russian Football Union (RFU) could penalize Volga with a fine of 200,000 to 2 million rubles and a match without spectators for displaying racism. Artur Grigoryants, head of the FTC RFU, said earlier that representatives of the teams were called to the commission meeting.
The Premier League club issued a statement denouncing a spectator throwing a banana at a player.
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