Bystrov slowly walked through the entire mixed zone and stopped at a loss. He even stopped typing SMS and just with interest looked around the crowd, which for some reason was waiting for the losers.
When a man with a dictaphone approached him, Vladimir was already desperate. He slowly moved his back to the door. But at the same time he tried to share the joy that overwhelmed him: he smiled, spoke loudly on the phone and waved his hands. I immediately remembered that when Mozart scored a penalty, he was already sitting among the substitutes and waving a blanket, greeting partners.
- Volodya, the thought flickered that you could lose everything in this game?
Bystrov flinched. But he pretended not to hear the question.
“Oh, hello,” he turned to one of his acquaintances. - How are you? We? Also normal.
- Volodya, will you answer the question?
- A thought flashed, yes. But God helped us today.
“Why would he help you?”
- So for the offensive draw in the last round with Torpedo.
- But before that there was a miracle in the game with Zenit.
- Exactly. God turns to us, then turns away.
Vladimir straightened his cap. I took two more steps back. I had to move next.
- Dynamo played great against you. Why do you think so?
- Dynamo? Well I do not know. The first half we controlled, it seems to me. Just for some reason, goals conceded.
- So the rivals were fine.
- How to say ... The first ball turned out to be offensive. And the second one is the same. But we had no problems.
- You lost 1: 2.
- And yet the game was under our control.
- It seems your goalkeeper is often nervous. Not only in the game with Dynamo - in general. Afraid of making a mistake?
- Who? Wojciech? No, he is not nervous. Have you seen the game?
- Saw.
“So he helped us out many times.”
“But he was nervous.” At the exits, for example.
“I didn't notice that.” No nervousness.
- After the goal from Torpedo did you support him?
- Not just me, the whole team. We always encourage each other.
- Now, at the finish of the championship, a lot depends on the work of the referees. Yuri Baskakov today, in my opinion, judged perfectly.
- I will not comment on the refereeing. They are fined for this.
- They are fined only for insults. And if you praise, they can also reward.
- And I will not praise. And then they will relax later. But in general, let us always be so judged, as in the game with Dynamo.
- In this round, lost Zenit and Lokomotiv points. There are only two candidates for gold?
- Why? There are still four clubs. There are still many tours to the finish line.
“But, honestly ...”
- I do not think that Zenit will surrender. “Locomotive”? .. I don’t know ... But not the “Zenith”.
- And you also have an easy calendar.
- It seems so to you. And we fly to Samara, to Rostov.
- And who will fly out? Dynamo or Torpedo?
- Who is more lucky.
- It's funny. But seriously speaking, there are a lot of stars in Dynamo ...
“... and where did it end up with them?”
- And there is experience.
- Experience is a good thing, of course. But “Torpedo” seems more played. And Dynamo still do not have their own football.
“Would you bet on whom?”
- How to put something here? Did you believe in the victory of Spartak today?
- I believed.
- And after 1: 2 they put money on us?
- There was no Internet. But still I would not risk it.
- You see. Nothing can be predicted here. Anything can happen.
Vladimir kept backing up all the time and finally stumbled back on the door. However, he asked if there were any more questions, and, without waiting for an answer, ran away to share the joy of victory with the fans. I did not want to brake it longer.
Alexey Shevchenko