Anton Smirnov, the manager of Karabakh’s Russian goalkeeper Andrey Lunev, was criticized in his statement. telegram channel Zenit Chairman Alexander Medvedev, St. For the gesture he made during a conversation with Claudinho, the Brazilian midfielder of the St. Petersburg club.
“Give Alexander Ivanovich 100 more opportunities to repeat the same thing, but not in front of the cameras, he will do it with pleasure. I have no doubt about this. As a result, in this case, the error will not be noticed when deleting the video.
What Alaev says about this is the circus tent. There is some truth to the statement. There is a huge resonance. Spartak and its multimillion-dollar audience have reputational costs. And accordingly, Medvedev should be punished with sanctions from the RFU Ethics Committee. If this does not happen, it means that we live in a completely corrupt football ecosystem; We cannot accept any liability for obvious gross violations and provocative behavior here,” Smirnov wrote.
On January 15, Zenit press service published a video on its YouTube channel from the first day of the team’s training camp in the UAE. Medvedev greeted each team player and showed an obscene gesture during the dialogue with Claudinho. He also explained that this gesture was a reference to Moscow Spartak. The video was later removed from the club’s YouTube channel.
The video can be watched here: telegram channel journalist Ivan Karpov.
The teams will face each other in the first official match of 2024 as part of the 19th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL).
After 18 rounds in the national championship, Sergei Semak’s team took third place in the standings, having collected 36 points. The difference with leader Krasnodar is two points. Spartak ranked fifth by collecting 30 points.
Previously at RPL appreciated Medvedev’s obscene gesture.