- A win-win series of games with Spartak extended. Are you more excited about this, or is it more important for you to win the Super Bowl?
- The victory in the Super Bowl is more important. But replaying a great club is no less significant.
- What has become decisive in the game today?
- Individual craftsmanship.
- Brazilians?
- No, the whole team.
- A rather unexpected victory, given how the team started the season.
- The fact that we lost Maccabi in the UEFA Cup is a shame. But no one just wins. An opponent from Haifa was stronger. You could not just go through it, beat on one leg. Now we will prepare for the Champions League. There we will prove that CSKA is a great club and can enter the elite of European teams.
- You said you won the great club ...
- Definitely. Spartak is one of the great clubs in Russia. At one time, red and white played very well in Europe. It is important.
- Let's distract from the match. How do you feel about the fact that Russian football can leave public TV?
- This is a matter of discussion and resolution. Only the League must solve it. Today we gathered, talked about this topic. And on Monday we’ll make a decision.
- The decision will be political - should everyone see football? Or first of all you will analyze the financial component of the contract?
- It's time to admit that in Russia, football is the number one sport. And it must be sold. All over the world, any league receives money from television, and decent ones. And we must strive for this.
- So you are for a satellite?
- I didn’t see the offer of NTV Plus and I can’t say which side my sympathies are on. Any television channel can make an offer, and we will consider it.
- But do you take into account that if NTV Plus wins, then there will be many dissatisfied in the country? Not everyone has the opportunity to put a plate ...
- I say, I did not see the contract. There is only a suggestion. After all, the RFPL president cannot sign an agreement without a meeting with colleagues. And the money ... Suddenly, Russian Television will offer good money? We have already reached the level where channels must pay for football.
- Will not be free?
- Since 2001, when Vitaly Mutko took the league, then when I became president of the Premier League, we have never given away the right to the championship for free. Just the amounts were different. It was 5 million, then 18, 20. And they should grow. This should be a commercial offer.
Alexey Shevchenko