All attempts by Vitaliy Mutko and Eugene Giner to stop the spread of the virus are naive and ridiculous - Herostratus, who set fire to the temple of Artemis of Ephesus, was also sentenced to oblivion. Centuries passed, and the name of the hero is remembered by everyone - even those who have never heard of Artemis and her temple.
Everybody also knows about scandals in Russian football, and nothing can be done about it. As they say, either he stole, or from him, but something like that was here. Naturally, the journalists are to blame for this disgrace - they heard a ringing, thundered, ringed the whole world, make a name and a rating on blood. As always in Russia, the enemy is not the one who does nasty things - the enemy is the one who talks about it. In the official language, this is called "create a negative image of Russian football." There is no negotiation in the championship of Russia, as well as sex in the Soviet Union.
Even the leaders of domestic football themselves acknowledge - on the sidelines, of course - that the four clubs have formed a "secret alliance" in order to maximize the benefits of the three-point system. Recognize that stimulating rivals takes on an increasingly ugly form every year. But it's all under the table. Meanwhile, on the table, a joint statement of the RFPL and the RFU appears, where the evasiveness of the wordings is not able to mask the emptiness and hypocrisy of the aforementioned document. Officials are afraid to make dirty linen, but they don’t want to tidy themselves up - they feed us well here.
Collusion exists everywhere - no one needs outsiders to break into a closed world in a bearish manner. And for this it is necessary to maintain at least the appearance of well-being - as the brilliant Mr. Wolfe from Pulp Fiction said: "If the cop gets into the car, the masquerade will be useless, but outwardly everything should look great." Russian football has never looked great, but there has not been such a nightmare as this season. So far, the auditor from St. Petersburg has not come to the masters of the Russian Federation and the Premier League, but there is no guarantee that this will not happen in the end. In Russia, even an insurance policy cannot promise complete peace of mind.
In the meantime, Vitaliy Mutko and Eugene Giner demand to present evidence: there is no material evidence, there is no case, there is no conversation. They do not want to conduct their own corporate audit, although the practice of such investigations in the world exists. The Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) at one time independently identified players involved in the organization of match-fixing and calmly, without any fuss, drove them into disqualifications of varying severity. But this requires a will, and our officials do not have it. It is much more convenient to puff out your cheeks and scold the damned journalists who make a rating on blood.
Kirill DEMENTYEV