Armenians have accused the Russians of trying to arrange a contract match
Armenian media have accused the Russians of trying to arrange a contract match. Russian authorities have allegedly offered Armenian colleagues bargain in exchange for losing team in a qualifying match of Euro-2012. First Vice-President of the Russian Football Union, Nikita Simonian called the information delirium.
Russia offers Armenia deal in exchange for losing a football match in the qualifying round of Euro-2012, according to Portal "News-Armenia" referring to the newspaper "Zhamanak. According to the edition, the Russian authorities have offered rather Armenian profitable economic transaction, instead of something from the Armenian national football team play the Russians want to qualifying match, which will be held March 26, 2011 in Yerevan.
Teams of Armenia and Russia were in a group qualifier of European Football Championship to be held in 2012 in Ukraine and Poland. At the moment the Armenian team behind the Russians on two points, but in case of victory greatly increase the chances of the Armenian militia in the yield of the final of the tournament.
"Indignation or laughter?"
First Vice-President of the Russian Football Union, Nikita Simonyan, communicating with the correspondent Infox.ru by phone, call the information delusions and idiotic nonsense. "What can I say? Angry or laugh? Really understand these media is very difficult. This is more than idiotic nonsense! In the RFS are working people, I had never gone to a deal with a conscience and a soccer ball. I am absolutely convinced that the RFU President Sergei Fursenko so can not do "- he said.
"Where did these inventions, I do not understand. At the Commonwealth Cup in St. Petersburg, we met with the president of the Football Federation of Armenia, like even close calls were not. Nikolai Petrovich Starostin, in such cases, liked to say: bullshit! This is an insult to the RAF and the Russian football! "- Said Simonian.
"The official answer is to give Sergei Fursenko. I expressed my opinion only the first vice-president of the RFU. Perhaps Sergei Fursenko somewhere with me to spread, let's say, talk to the Armenians. But nothing like this "- he concluded.