A few minutes before the start of the meeting, it became known that the "bomb" should strike. Which - for the time being silent. Although, for example, the press service significantly winked at each other.
It turned out that Victor Marushchak, the head of the control and disciplinary committee, wrote a letter of resignation. He led the organization, which Vladislav Radimov once called "morons." For which he received his next disqualification.
Vitaliy Mutko even allowed the press to witness a historical event (Marushchak has been in football for 35 years, 17 of them were led by the KLD). The RFU President informed all those gathered that he had received a statement and, without letting anyone insert a word (you never know what would come to the minds of members of the executive committee), he said that he had signed it.
“I want to thank you for your work,” Vitaly Leontyevich addressed a retired official. “And give you ...”
Then Mutko thought a little. Still, a farewell gift should have been equivalent to a contribution to the common cause.
“... a certificate of honor,” the head of the RFU concluded.
These words sounded like a slap in the face. But Victor Marushchak could not cope with such blows of fate (one recent statement by Yuri Belous is worth it). He even had the strength to make a small reply. Then he took the bag (the certificate of honor was large) and quietly, stooping a little, walked to the exit. No one applauded him. And well, I guess I didn’t whistle.
Journalists, however, arranged a farewell to Marushchuk, bombarding him with questions. It turned out that the head of the FTC is not ashamed of any decision. Even for what he considers illegal. He agreed that for the famous fight in Ramenskoye between CSKA and Saturn, it was necessary to disqualify 8 people, but did not do this because "the teams would not be able to continue to fight in the championship." Toward the end of the meeting, the holy place was taken by Sergey Katkov, a lawyer from the Federation Council, who is even proud that he has no relation to any club (which means that it completely depends on Mutko).
Shortly before the meeting of the executive committee, the press tried to get some more information. Just then, on the horizon appeared Vladimir Aleshin, the head of the Torpedo.
- Have you bought Bulykin already? - shouted to him.
“Why buy it,” he answered absently. - We did not sell it anywhere.
Journalists froze in perplexity. Apparently, something happened over the past day. The general director of Spartak Sergey Shavlo brought out of their stupor.
- Well, have you already taken goalkeeper Amelia? - threw him.
Sergei Shavlo seemed to blush.
“We haven’t bought anyone yet,” he muttered. - How to buy, say. And you do not write anything until we have bought.
If we focus on the purchase of Spartak, then the newspapers will not be published.
The main question of the executive committee is the approval of the championship calendar. And immediately the problems began. It's all about the police, which did not agree to hold some matches of the tournament in the capital. For example, CSKA - Spartak games on City Day. And also the authorities were against six matches in Moscow and the Moscow region in the final round.
Vitaly Mutko managed to keep the capital derby intact. The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was assured that this would be a logical continuation of the holiday (apparently, a holiday in the Russian sense). The latter shook his head in displeasure, and then refused to give comments, probably intent on the unkind.
But with the notorious 30th round, nothing was decided. The only thing that Vitaly Mutko managed to do was swap the rivals in the CSKA - Rubin pair. These teams will meet in Moscow in the first round. But nothing could be decided with the rest of the clubs (a pair of Spartak - Dynamo were not taken into account).
As a result, the championship calendar was accepted, but it will be finalized in the next five days.
“In the end, we can hold an additional draw,” Vitaly Mutko threatened.
When everyone dispersed, Vladimir Aleshin caught up with the journalists.
“I apparently didn’t understand something,” he began. - After all, you probably asked about Bulykin, but I had in mind Budylin. Serega belongs to us.
- And what about Bulykin?
“Yes, as usual,” Alyoshin waved his hand. - We want to buy it, but they ask for money for it.
- So what?
- We are trying to explain to Dynamo that this football player needs to play, and not sit on the bench. So far the question is open.
Oh, we are losing Bulykin.
Alexey Shevchenko