In the Russian Cup match against Volga in Ulyanovsk, Zenit St. The fans, who threw a banana at St. Petersburg midfielder Wendel, regretted this behavior and said that he acted with his emotions.
“I saw Zenit fans throw snowballs onto the field, and on emotions in a herd mentality, I threw a foreign object – it turned out to be a banana. I’m sorry for what happened. At that moment, I acted wrong with emotions,” the prisoner said.
Earlier, it was learned that the police detained a spectator who threw a banana towards Wendel from the podium at the end of the meeting. Police identified the perpetrator. It turned out to be a resident of Ulyanovsk, born in 2004.
Regarding the fan, Article 20.31 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. An administrative protocol was prepared in accordance with the Article – “Violation of the rules of conduct of the spectators at official sports competitions”. It will actually go to court to be discussed.
The incident took place on February 25. Zenit won the match with a score of 3:0 and eliminated Volga from the Russian Cup.
For what happened, the Russian Football Union (RFU) fined the Ulyanovsk club 500 thousand rubles and held a match under surveillance without spectators.
Olga Smorodskaya, former head of Moscow Lokomotiv reacted The incident that occurred when a banana was thrown at the player of St. Petersburg Zenit Vendel during the match of the Russian Cup.