The opening of the Championship Roman Shishkin and the Best Bombardier Roman Pavlyuchenko, as well as an unknown person who could hardly stand on his feet, stood on the second floor of the Cosmos Hotel and watched a crowd of functionaries and officials filling the lobby.
- Guys, can I have a couple of questions about this ceremony? - the radio correspondent friendlyly addressed them.
“Well, to ...” - reluctantly answered Roman Pavlyuchenko. “I don't think anything.”
“Keep up with the guys,” their unknown companion suddenly said. “They just arrived today.” And in the evening fly away again. They can’t say anything.
- In kind, why say something? - boiled inconspicuous Pavlyuchenko. - I do not want. Let's go in the winter when the preseason begins.
Roman Shishkin looked at the floor.
“I can't either,” he whispered. - Just flew in from Cuba. I have another morning.
“Come on from here,” the unknown again took the word. - You do not see - guys are resting?
But Vitaliy Mutko never refuses an interview.
“Today, 330,000 children play football in Russia,” he saddled his beloved skate. - We make fields for the guys. (The figure, however, did not sound - A.Sh.). And this evening ... I want him to be every year. You can meet, talk ...
Eugene Giner satisfied such natural desires, walking around the lobby in a fashionable velvet suit. He had a cigar in his hand, which he regularly smoked, because it had been extinguished all the time. In a small crowd, the president of CSKA somehow too deftly circumvented Sergei Shavlo, Stanislav Cherchesov and Vladimir Fedotov. Those, however, did not lack communication. But Leonid Fedun was not at the holiday. It was rumored that he, like Sergei Fursenko, did not come to the ceremony just because Giner was inevitably expected.
Vladimir Aleshin was thoughtful. Perhaps due to the fact that he had already abandoned Anatoly Byshovets as a candidate for the head coach of the “Torpedo” and again wondered who to entrust the team.
Valery Gazzaev, barely arriving, made a noise at the television crew, forbidding himself to film. Say, he is resting. The cause of unmotivated anger, her witnesses suggested a bad tooth. Indeed, due to dental problems, the Champions Commander even missed a meeting of coaches.
The party went without surprises. Sang Alena Apina and Lev Leshchenko. And as soon as Doctor Watson tried to do the same, most of the guests were evacuated to the lobby.
Neighbors on the table were Konstantin Sarsania, Yuri Belous and all representatives of “Spartak”. The dialogue was lively. And now you should not be surprised at the new surge in news about the transfer of Alexander Kerzhakov.
By the end of the evening, even Gazzayev was smiling. After all, there was enough medicine on the tables.
The heroes of the day were those who managed to dance with the Torpedo press attaché, Angela Biryukova.
And the most satisfied were the veterans. Each of them considered it a duty to approach Vitaly Mutko and express gratitude. In response, the head of the RFU also said something. Perhaps not about the fields ...
Alexey Shevchenko