Those who arrived at the conference in the morning looked exhausted by the lunch break. Many went out to smoke for the fortieth time. The choice was not rich: either a shameful public dream at the table (the president could also see!), Or lung cancer.
Words were heard from the stage, which, of course, justified those who risked their health:
- ... prospects for the development of beach soccer ...
- ... the Federation of the Disabled held this year ...
“... and, Valentina Ivanovna, greetings to you Vitaly Leontyevich.” Remember!
- ... develop football from kindergarten ...
The last phrase, by the way, belonged to the president of the RFU. Now, apparently, this is our national idea (there is no more hope for adults). And at first it seemed that Vitaly Mutko was joking, but he looked completely serious.
Moreover, they later showed a film where some kids in kindergarten were running after the ball and playing napkins.
- Wow, look what! - the president of the RFU was delighted. - Ah, how I ran. Give the ball back. What are you doing?
Yes, he was seriously upset when one of the heroes of the plot was greedy and did not give the ball away. Such a president. He worries about everyone.
“I remember how the Russian youth team in Portugal lost,” Mutko told delegates from the Republic of Sakha, the Jewish Region and Adygea. Those, of course, looked at the idol, opening their eyes as wide as possible. - We lost to the Portuguese - 1: 4. They come to the locker room and sit. And what, scold them or what?
The question did not require an answer.
“And we sat like that for 40-50 minutes,” the president continued. - I then say: go, wash, we need to fly away. The plane is waiting.
From the hall, bent over in half, came the RFU Director General Sergey Pryadkin. To suspect him that he simply could not restrain laughter, only someone who does not know this person is capable. No, Pryadkin left the hall in such a strange situation only because he did not want to stand up and interfere with the speech of the boss. It doesn’t matter that the scene was about fifty meters away.
Meanwhile, Mutko had already finished his emotional speech by saying that the RFU budget had tripled (and the day before, at a meeting of the executive committee, it was only 1.8 times - that’s the pace!). He went to the reporters and again issued a sensation:
“We will fight for the European Championship in 2016,” and the reporters almost dropped the recorders. - Of course, let's see who gets the 2012 championship.
You might think that if not Ukraine and Poland, then our chances will increase ...
Alexey Shevchenko