Eugene Giner signed the new sponsorship contract with VTB and began to prove to reporters that he had done a great job.
“CSKA is one of the few clubs that have sponsorship contracts,” he said. Everyone froze, recalling the inscriptions on T-shirts of other groups. And they did not understand what the catch was.
Giner appreciated the confusion.
“If you talk to me about Lukoil at Spartak and Gazprom at Zenit, then I think you are deceiving,” he smiled.
Nobody wanted to dissemble. To seize the initiative, reporters began to beat the president in insecure places.
- You have not announced the amount of the contract with VTB. Perhaps she somehow changed after the team left the UEFA Cup?
- It played absolutely no role. We simply signed an agreement, according to tradition, before honoring the team. And all the details were agreed back in November. There were no problems here. And the fact that CSKA ...
Giner smiled again.
- ... completed his appearances in the UEFA Cup, of course, it's a shame. First of all, for the whole country. It is just a shame for me that Spartak does not continue to play there. These are rating points. There are no rivals. There is Russia. It's a shame that we lost. But this is football. This did not affect the contract in any way.
- What nevertheless became the main reason for the defeats of the Russian teams in the UEFA Cup?
- The main reason is the level of our championship. We must grow. When there will be competition, when teams will become stronger, then it will be easier to go through Spanish clubs and, especially, Israeli ones. Although I can say that I did not agree with any journalist when they said that Maccabi was a weak team. This club has won the Israeli Championship five times in the last six years! He cannot be weak. But it is clear that the Israeli championship is even weaker than the Russian one. But they play. They are on the go. In this case, it was the most important. German, Dutch teams begin to play at the end of January, and we have just started training at this time.
- And where in Russia can you play in January ?!
- We have where to play in January. We have Rostov, Vladikavkaz, the Olympic complex in Moscow, the complex in St. Petersburg, the arena in Kazan. Do you not know this? Very sorry. Artificial fields are laid there. Playpens are removed. And as soon as the clause is introduced into the regulations that they need to build an arena everywhere, they will be built everywhere. Believe me, Governor Darkin in the Far East will build everything with pleasure. And the Legislative Assembly will approve. You just need to make everything in the regulations. In the meantime, just talking. Like, sometime it will be necessary ... But forward budget money is not allocated. It will be necessary to develop football, then it will be possible to talk about something.
Imagine how many children will train in these arenas! And the teams of masters will have to conduct one round in these halls until December 10-15. A maximum of two. And you can start on January 25 or in early February. A couple of rounds to spend in the halls.
And we just ask - where to play in the winter. I do not understand this. I remember that in 2003, during the CSKA - Spartak championship match, the whole country watched the field clear of snow. What's so scary? You won’t take the tour anywhere. This did not bother anyone.
We need to do the program now, and not postpone it to 2008-2009. We have no other alternative - neither for clubs, nor for the national team. And if you nod to the fact that we have a winter country, then it can be done in general, as in the USSR. Play from April-May to September.
Giner smiled for the last time.
Alexey Shevchenko