Famous sports journalist and commentator Vasily Utkin, Telegram– The channel explained why matches in the Russian Premier League (RPL) were played in bad weather conditions, including snowfall.
“These matches are absolutely essential for television. They allow you to rely on Match Premier subscriptions in December and February, at least for some of the regular subscribers. This has nothing to do with the kind of management in television, by the way. Normal business logic,” Utkin wrote.
In the 16th round, a match was played in the snow between Kaliningrad “Baltika” and Moscow “Spartak”. As part of the 17th round of the national championship held in Moscow on December 3, the CSKA – Rostov and Lokomotiv – Zenit matches were played under heavy snowfall. Moreover, the second match was supposed to start at 16.30 Moscow time, but due to heavy snowfall in the capital, the match started at 17.00. Unlike the CSKA-Rostov match played during the day, Russian Railways Arena employees managed to clear the area from snow.
Former Lokomotiv player stated about the necessity of playing in bad weather.