“That’s bullshit!” – “Shameful act!”: Dzyuba and Genich got into a fight after the Zenit championship

Although the beginning of the meeting was left for the “rail”, the championship of “Zenith” became possible thanks to the victory of blue-white-blue on the home ground against the capital “Locomotive” (3:1). “. At the very beginning of the match, the red-green player Girano Kerk put his team ahead, but later, thanks to the efforts of Zenit, Ivan Sergeev, Malcolm and Andrey Mostovoy, he scored three goals.

And after all, nothing could have predicted that Zenit would become the champion in the duel with Loko. However, a few hours before this game, Dinamo unexpectedly lost at home to Premier League survivor Ural Yekaterinburg (2:3). Thus, the difference between the Petrograders and the blue and white was nine points with three laps to the finish line. Dynamo can still catch up with the leader of the table, but in case of a draw in points, they will still be inferior to him in personal meetings: the team of Sergei Semak won at home 4:1, and the draw was recorded at the Lokomotiv stadium (1:1).

Before the winter break, Zenit and Dynamo were leading in the championship. The club on the banks of the Neva was only two points ahead of its rival. It then seemed that the fans were in a tense fight for the title until the final round, especially as the teams dealt with minor losses as the legionnaires actively left the RPL.

One of the leaders of the defense, Yaroslav Rakitsky, went to St. Petersburg, and Ivan Ordets left Moscow. Plus, Zenit’s main forward Serdar Azmun moved to Leverkusen Bayer, but his departure was planned even before the events in Ukraine.

Five rounds to the finish, Dynamo lost to CSKA Moscow (0:1). After that, it became clear that the Zenit championship was only a matter of time. Blue-white-blue won seven victories in nine RPL matches after the break, and also tied with Samara “Wings of the Soviets” and “Sochi”.

Artem Dzyuba became Zenit’s top scorer by scoring 11 goals in the championship. Interestingly, the Russian striker scored ten goals in the first part of the championship, and the goalless streak was eight games behind and lasted from November 19, 2021 to April 16, 2022. Only in the 25th round Dziuba finally scored in a duel with Ural.

After the final whistle, the striker said that in the Russian championship there are no opponents who could bring competition to Zenit.

“As practice shows, there is no one resisting. I want a derby between the two capitals so that the best clubs can catch up. CSKA came to life, the so-called Dynamo resisted more, and if you are fighting for the championship, then it is strange to give home matches with Ural. I want a strong championship so that the fight continues until the final round,” Dziuba said in the Match Premier broadcast.

By the way, not only opponents, but also commentator Konstantin Genich received from Dzyuba.

Last May, Dzyuba and Genich argued about Ivan Sergeev, who played in the Football National League for Wings of the Soviets (FNL) on the anniversary of Kazan Rubin coach Leonid Slutsky. Then the player broke the record of the second division in Russia, scoring 40 goals in the championship. Dziuba said that Sergeyev could not even score eight goals in the RPL. Genich predicted the opposite. According to the commentator, they defended the desire.

In the winter, Sergeev moved to Zenit and scored nine goals in the RPL, six of which were for the Wings of the Soviets.

“As Sergeev approaches that eight-goal point, I kept thinking about what I would find for Dziuba to be able to do it,” Genich said. Said. – Especially now, I have a thought in light of recent events regarding me and Spartak (the commentator was dismissed in the red-white matches – socialbites.ca). I’m thinking how to catch Artyom here. I want him to wear a white T-shirt with my picture and “Spartak, ban Genich” on the bottom of his Zenit jersey.” And when he scores, he’ll raise it for all to see.”

After the match with Lokomotiv, Dziuba was asked about the disagreement, to which the football player suddenly responded with a harsh tirade.

“We didn’t argue about anything Genich – like the yellow press. We talked face to face and he developed such a cosmic story… It’s embarrassing. I feel uncomfortable in front of Sergeyev.

I am happy for him, sincerely worried about the consequences. How Genich behaves is futur. I’m glad Spartak banned him, I banned him too, ”Dziuba said in the Match Premier broadcast.

Genich didn’t stay in debt, saying he understands why Dziuba “hates most fans.”

“I’ve always defended Dzyuba and been on his side. And with the fans in San Marino, and in history, the situation where the fans hated him at both Virage and Spartak. But now that I’m a yellow press and he’s blowing everything up to a cosmic scale,” he said. well … Let him ban me (on social networks – socialbites.ca), but that’s bullshit. Just bullshit.

There were a lot of people with us when we argued. This was not a private discussion, and many have heard of it.

What you said about Ivan Sergeev. Now he says that Vanya is a very good striker, but then he said that if he did it again now it wouldn’t be enough for him. Our disagreement is a kind of show. Perhaps Russian football lacks such elements when a journalist argues with the captain of the national team about a player that someone does not believe in.

At the time, it was an honest argument that should be accepted as a man. What Artem said is rotten. Now I totally understand why most of the fans hate and hate you,” Genich replied.

The dispute between Dziuba and Genich became known at the beginning of the season. Sergeev said that he was aware of the bet in the fall. Noting that Dziuba did not believe him, the 26-year-old striker responded with humor: “Maybe because I never played in the Premier League (before this season), I made my debut at the age of 26. But I can help Konstantin Genich win the award.”

Rubin Rinat Bilyaletdinov, former coach of Kazan, commented on the situation between Dziuba and Genich in an interview with socialbites.ca.

“Someone needs to be present in this discussion. It happened at Leonid Slutsky’s birthday party, and there were witnesses. Then I think Genich was right. If there is an agreement, it must be fulfilled, even verbally. Or it was necessary to immediately indicate what Dziuba can and cannot do.

Was it worth arranging a conflict in front of millions of spectators? For the sharpness of the genre, such advertisements are also suitable, ”said Bilyaletdinov.

Also, a well-known coach talked about Zenit’s fourth championship in a row.

“Is it surprising that Zenit won the title three laps before the finish line, given Dynamo’s resistance? Had Dynamo beaten Ural, the championship issue could have been postponed to the next round. However, in the next round Zenit would still have fixed this problem. Blue-white-blue , has a wide margin of safety. There is nothing surprising in this,” stressed Bilyaletdinov.