Journalists have prepared questions. Some even wrote them in notebooks so as not to forget. Everyone carefully prepared for the exit from the locker room of Pavel Pogrebnyak. They remembered whether he scored red and white in all his teams. I wanted to listen to the striker himself.
But no blanks were needed. Pogrebnyak came out after a shower (certainly not cold) as if the game had ended not half an hour ago. And he said everything that he thought:
“I can only say one word,” he began hopefully, shaking a little with excitement. - You see how, ..., Spartak is working with the judges, ...! He surpassed us in this! Only, in one: he is excellent, ..., he works with the judges. As Egorov judged ... as Sukhina is now. It's simple…
Journalists argued for a long time that they meant the words of Pogrebnyak about the best work of Spartak with the judges. Is it necessary to understand this so that in Zenit they work with the judges too, but not enough? Comments, sorry, we will not wait.
Anatoly Tymoshchuk, whose value would have provided a positive result in five to six championships, working Zenit with the judges on the recommendations of Pogrebnyak was a little more correct.
- How many Spartak shots already a penalty? he asked. “Five or six?” Draw your own conclusions.
A penalty, it turns out, is not just a punishment for a foul in the penalty area, but something more.
Dick Lawyer, who is likely to receive another fine for leaving the technical area, was also furious. When he was invited to a press conference, he flatly refused to go to the hall while Vladimir Fedotov was there. And he agreed only when he was given security guarantees. True, the Dutchman was brief and surprisingly calm.
“I would not want to show emotions after such a game,” he explained his composure. But, nevertheless, he noted that the result is unfair. - We did not deserve such a result.
Vladimir Fedotov was also stingy with words. As we managed to find out, he was in a hurry for a family holiday.
“Denis Boyarintsev did more than the whole team in three minutes,” the coach made a dubious compliment to his team.
It is worth noting that, by originality, the banners of the red-white fans were much more inventive than their opponents.
“Twice is not the limit” - was posted in the red and white sector a minute before the match.
“But Passaran!” Answered the Petersburgers.
“God loves the trinity,” the Spartacists retorted to beat the Spanish call.
Zenit fans responded with a large banner with a blue lion, as well as a poster released after the break: "To be, not to seem."
But they could not do anything against the obscene chants of the Spartacists: "One, two, three -" Zenith "..."
Then Pogrebnyak recouped.
Alexey Shevchenko