A court in Ulyanovsk decided to compete with the local Volga as part of the Russian Cup in St. He fined a fan who threw a banana in the match between St. Petersburg and Zenit. About this today, March 31, reports DEA News.
The match played in Ulyanovsk on 25 February ended with the guest team’s score of 3-0. During the broadcast of the match, it was understood that one of the stands was throwing a banana towards the pavement as Brazilian blue-white-blue midfielder Wendel was leaving the field. The Ulyanovsk club was fined 500 thousand rubles and was punished by keeping a home match of the Russian Cup under surveillance without spectators.
On March 10, it was learned that the police identified the perpetrator. It turned out to be a resident of Ulyanovsk, born in 2004.
“The court found that the young man violated the rules of conduct of spectators during official sports events and fined the fan 5,000 rubles,” the regional press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement.
The police also announced that the violator was prohibited from visiting the fields for official sports competitions for one year, with a court decision.
Former football commentator Gennady Orlov intervened For Valery Karpin, head coach of the Russian national team, after criticism of the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin.