The guard at the Wings of the Soviets Sports Palace did not even ask who was going where — he sat and read a book. Apparently, there is nothing to take in this sports facility for a long time. And everyone knows that.
An announcement is hanging on one of the walls that workers of the Krylya Sovetov DC have been on strike since February 20 and refuse to work until they are paid all the money. Hockey team by this date stopped training.
Near the locker room was calm. The head coach Vyacheslav Anisin was sitting at the leadership and trying to understand what would happen next. However, with whom he spoke there, it was not entirely clear. Club president Ralif Safin, it seems, did not even know about the strike, and CEO Roman Khairetdinov fell ill.
“He has very high pressure,” said one of the Palace employees in secret. - I could not persuade us to go to work and was very upset.
Hockey players so far refuse to talk.
“We cannot comment on anything,” one of them said. - We don’t understand anything at all. Waiting for a guide. But we will not respond to promises.
Finally, the vice president of Krylia Sovetov Vladimir Shalaev came down to the players. The meeting was short-lived - about 20 minutes. At that time, the guys from the second team arrived.
“We had a nightmare,” they said excitedly. - We went by bus from Voronezh, and some studs were cut off by the car. Stuck three hundred kilometers from Moscow. Waiting for another bus.
“This is our poverty,” the club representative sadly commented on the situation. - Everything “flies,” everything breaks.
Vladimir Shalaev, emerging from the locker room, declined to comment.
“I won’t say anything, all questions to the management,” he explained.
“So you are the guide,” reminded him.
- No, no, we have a CEO.
And the director, recall, on sick leave.
The team players again refused official conversations. But then someone said that the meeting did not go as the athletes wanted. They were informed that there is no money and never will be. And a paper was sent to the Hockey Federation that the club was withdrawing from the championship.
Someone from the club ran to call Ufa so that Salavat Yulaev would not fly to Moscow. Players of the Bashkir club dialed the numbers of familiar hockey players "Wings".
- Why are you really shooting?
- Yes, you can not twitch.
- Do not act, we have very good bonuses for you. Play it.
Everyone laughed.
In general, they decided on Tuesday not to train, but to come the next day and run. All the same, you can’t get out on the ice - a strike by club employees.
“No matter what promises we make, we will play if we pay,” the players confirm their mood.
Everyone parted.
In the evening, the situation suddenly changed. Ufa “Salavat Yulaev”, without receiving official confirmation of the removal of the opponent from the tournament, flew to Moscow. The players were scheduled to meet on Wednesday morning to provide some additional arguments. Representatives of the club management promised to solve the problems and persuade hockey players to go to the site.
It seems to never end.
Alexey Shevchenko