Former player of Spartak, Zenit and the Russian national team Vladimir Bystrov, St. He remembered his first match in St. Petersburg. His words are quoted “Match TV”.
“They beat me from underneath. An hour before the match, I learned that I was playing in the starting 11: Young, inexperienced. After this match, I wanted to end my career completely. I didn’t want to play football. There was a lot of pressure. I thought it was my fault we lost the cup final.
What motivated you not to do this? I don’t remember anymore: maybe it’s gone. Moreover, there was no internet. Bystrov said that CSKA was many times superior to us, that they simply “disfigured us”.
The football player made his debut for Zenit against CSKA in the Russian Cup final of the 2001/02 season.
Bystrov played for Zenit from 2002 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2014. In 2005, the midfielder moved to Spartak. The football player completed his professional career in Tosno and with it won the Russian Cup, the only trophy in the club’s history.
Bystrov won a bronze medal at the 2008 European Championships as part of the Russian national team. He became Russian champion twice with Zenit.
Previously Bystrov said About the ultimatum that Arshavin gave to the Zenit management.