On February 25 in Ulyanovsk with the local “Volga” in St. In the Russian Football Cup match between St. Petersburg “Zenith” (0:3), the supporter, who threw a banana at guest Wendel’s midfielder Wendel, was identified by the police. and was detained.
The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the District reported that the culprit was a resident of Ulyanovsk, born in 2004.
At the end of the first match between Volga and Zenit in the playoffs of the Russian Cup regions, an administrative protocol was drawn up in accordance with Article 20.31 of the Statutes, about a fan who threw a banana at the black player of the Russian champions. Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation – “Violation of the rules of behavior of spectators during official sports competitions.” It will now be sent to court for consideration on the merits.
Earlier, the Control and Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union (FTC RFU) decided on March 3 in this case to hold the Volga with a fine of 500 thousand rubles and conditionally a home match without spectators. At the same time, the club has the right to appeal, but has not yet used it.
“Such an attitude of Volga fans is shameful. Wendell’s manager, Thiago Ribeiro, was angry after that game at the backward mentality of some idiots who ruined his football vacation.
However, Zenit’s head coach, Sergey Semak, immediately tried to remedy the situation in a comment to Match TV:
“I saw that the banana was lying. Fans and snowballs threw – apparently everything at hand. If you look at the European Championship, it’s the same there. You are watching the French championship, there is a player approaching the corner, everything the fan has in their hands flies to him. Someone threw something – they took, they threw, ”Semak said immediately after the match.
“I didn’t hear any screaming if you were trying to make this into racist manifestations. I don’t think there was an atmosphere with some insulting shouts at the players. I heard some swearing towards the coach. And about the actors – no, their fans are protected and respected.
“I saw Zenit supporters throw snowballs onto the field in the herd mentality. and I emotionally threw a foreign object, it turned out to be a banana. Regret. At that moment, I did something wrong on emotions,” said TASS agency, posting a comment from the most detained fan.
“Anyone throwing bananas at Wendel should be ashamed of what they did. We live in a modern world where it doesn’t matter what color you are, where you come from or what religion you belong to. We are all equal people. And in the end, it’s not good to throw away delicious foods like bananas,” said Sochi, a Brazilian and Russian citizen. fielder Joaozinho made statements about the incident at the end of winter.
For socialbites.ca, the detention of the violator, who is currently facing a ban on visiting stadiums and a serious fine, was commented on by the former striker of the Russian national team and now politician Dmitry Bulykin.
“I think everyone has seen it and the fans know there will be a ban for it. The one who does not visit the stadium, I think he has already done it himself. He probably apologized and everyone understood that if you want to go and watch football, you can’t do that,” Bulykin said.
You did the right thing by finding it. There is no racism and discrimination in football. We also follow these rules. It is necessary to eliminate this in any way, because such situations do not benefit either Russian football or society.
It’s everywhere, it’s happening everywhere, but UEFA and FIFA struggle a lot about it, so I don’t think it will happen often. But of course, there are people who, in the heat of some incomprehensible feelings, or under alcohol do some crazy actions. From now on, people will think hundreds of times before doing anything in the stadium because they may not be able to go to sporting events in the future.”