Zhuang Ge’s "generosity" obviously won the favor of the other side. Later, when the two sides talked for the second time, the head of Spartak invited Zhuang Ge to Moscow. Of course, Zhuang Ge had to pay for everything himself …
Taking a taxi, Zhuang Ge and Karin entered the downtown area of Moscow. Looking at the depressed street, they couldn’t help sighing that the life of the Russian people is hard. Presumably, there are not many people in the former Soviet Union who still have this leisure and elegance.
Well, although the Russian national team is not so bad from the face of the card.
In 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed, the powerful "Soviet Red Army" also fell apart overnight, and goalkeeper Prom returned to his hometown of Estonia. While Latvia, a neighboring country along that Baltic sea, snatch Pahars; Tiny Georgia has Avilaze; Wandering in Manchester United, Kanchelski finally decided to be loyal to Ukraine; Berkovich, a veteran captain who played for Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine for many years, refused the Ukrainian invitation and finally joined the Belarusian national team.
It seems that in terms of the number and quality of the stars, Russia has become the biggest winner of this division because they have many former Soviet international players such as Harlem, mostovoi, Kalpin, Alenichev, shalimov, Onopko, Corvia Novo and Kiriakov.
But this Russia, which has lost the soul of "perseverance and unity" of the Soviets in the violent turmoil, has never recovered like Yugoslav football in the downturn.
Just as Zhuang Ge was immersed in the memory of Soviet football, the taxi had arrived in a slightly shabby office building at the headquarters of Spartak Club in Moscow, with an old man wearing an old fur coat as a doorman at the door.
Spartak Football Club in Moscow was founded in January 1922, and in 1936, the club won the first league championship. It was a strong team in the history of Russian football during the Soviet Union. It won the Soviet League championship 12 times (second only to Dynamo Kiev), won the Russian Football Super League championship 3 times, won the Soviet Cup championship 1 time and won the Russian Cup championship 1 time.
Even so, the class-eight teams have fallen to this point, and the status quo of other teams in Eastern Europe can be imagined.
"Haha, Chairman Corleone welcomes you to Spartak Club in Moscow." After receiving the notice, a strong man in a western formal suit came from the building (although the west edge is already a little hairy). It was visually observed that there were nine people who greeted Zhuang Ge with enthusiasm.
After introduction, Zhuang Ge knew that the man who received himself was igor ivanov, the president of this club.
"I’ll talk about other things later. I need to ask one thing first. Florence players will arrive in Moscow on a later plane. I wonder if Spartak can recommend any good accommodation?"
"Ha ha, Chairman Corleone, you have asked about the place to stay. We have arranged it for you. It is the best hotel in Moscow to ensure your satisfaction." At this point, the chairman said with some embarrassment, "But … if you stay, please …"
"You don’t need to worry about this. Florence will pay for it by itself." Hearing Zhuang Ge’s words, the chairman’s hesitation suddenly vanished.
"Thank you so much, Chairman Corleone."
"We still have to be considerate of each other in some things."
"Then, Chairman Corleone, you and this lady please take a rest in the building for a while, and I’ll take you to my office."
"You’re welcome to say that this room is the most luxurious in this building." Ivanov came to the chairman’s office and politely brought tea and water to Zhuang Ge and Karin. He couldn’t see that he was the chairman of this club.
Zhuang Ge took a look at this office, which is much better than Dinamo Zagreb’s house … The wall is still intact without it.
"Mr. Ivanov, I think we’d better get down to business. The plane just arrived and there is still a time difference."
"Ah, no problem!" Ivanov immediately put down his work and sat down on another sofa when he heard Zhuang Ge say this. "In fact, Chairman Corleone invited you to Moscow this time, but it was not what our Spartak club meant. We were entrusted."
"Huh?" Zhuang Ge frowned and asked, "Who on earth wants to see me?"
"I have his business card here." President Ivanov immediately took out a beautifully printed card from his pocket and handed it to Zhuang Ge.
"I depend! It’s actually him! " Zhuang Ge, when I look at this name, I don’t know why this chairman will be so respectful to himself. Why do you have to go through such a redundant procedure to see yourself?
The name of a Russian is printed on the card in English, which is transliterated as …
Boris berezovsky!’
Chapter 117 Moscow night
After learning that berezovsky’s meeting was scheduled for the first leg of the Winners’ Cup, Zhuang Ge took Karin to bid farewell to President Ivanov and stayed in a five-star hotel near the airport with the team that arrived in Moscow.
The reception staff in Spartak told Zhuang Ge that in recent years, with the increasing prosperity of transnational reselling business, this hotel near the airport is the highest in Moscow. Because of its geographical superiority and continuous improvement, it can attract more foreign tourists to stay, but those hotels in downtown Moscow have lost their former prosperity because of the lack of such convenient conditions.
Although the hotel is close to the airport, the sound insulation effect of the room is quite good, and now it is freezing outside, Zhuang Ge thinks it is more appropriate to stay in this warm room.
According to the manager of this hotel, it is not difficult to spend a long time in the evening. The manager vowed that if Zhuang Ge didn’t want to go out to see the sights of Moscow, he could spend the time in his room.
Then look at Russian TV. It’s already this time to watch movies and entertainment programs. What is the basis? I didn’t consider Zhuang Ge’s thinking so much and played TV.
However, to Zhuang Ge’s surprise, in 1994, Moscow was able to receive more than 60 local video channels only within the capacity of this hotel, and this number has reached a staggering level.
"Oh, my God, the Russians are watching satellite TV now?" Zhuang song looked at it for a long time and said in surprise
With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia carried out the so-called "market-oriented reform" in China, and a large number of military communication satellites were sold, and the price of cabbage was also euphemistically called "privatization of state-owned resources"
This has led to the establishment of several Russian environmental TV stations and radio stations in just a few years, and compared with other national TV stations, these "junior" Russian TV stations have the greatest advantage that they can easily realize the transition from local TV stations to cross-regional and even national TV stations.
It is mainly because these Russian TV stations can make communication satellite resources that can free them from geographical restrictions in a short time. For example, TV stations in the United States and Western Europe have a very large expenditure on renting communication satellites, but these Russian TV stations are not worried, because the rent offered by the state in this regard is very low, and many behind-the-scenes bosses of TV stations own several satellites themselves.
In Russia, there is no difference between satellite viewing and non-satellite viewing for these TV stations-most TV stations are satellites, and only a few cable TV stations are supported by local governments.
There used to be a joke that other countries desperately bought warships and built aircraft carriers; However, Russian warships are docked at the port as docks, so some of them are sold directly as scrap iron.
The same is true for satellites. Television stations in other countries can’t afford satellites. However, Russia has taken the satellite resources that it no longer recognizes and sold them, especially the "military civilian" communication satellites, which have been completely divided up by various forces in the Russian state.
Zhuang Ge casually leafs through these channels, but there are quite a few programs in it, but the basics are simply promoting someone’s political opinions or embodying the will of an oligarchy.
It is no wonder that the Russian media industry can develop so rapidly despite the economic downturn. It seems that Russian rich businessmen and politicians who have received a lot of westernized ideas have retained the excellent system of the former Soviet Union to the maximum extent.
Perhaps in the eyes of these people, they have done much better and more sophisticated in controlling public opinion and propaganda than those in the West.
Can you make money from these stations? Who knows!
It seems that the political, economic and social life in Russia is far from reaching the normal living standard of ordinary people. In this extremely chaotic society, Russian football is destined to go through a long winter.
Looking at this pile of channels, Zhuang Ge felt a little dizzy, so he decisively called Karin from next door to chat (Karin or Zhuang Ge appeared secretly outside) and finally passed the time before going to bed.
The next day is the winner’s cup quarter-final. The first leg of the game is scheduled for 1 pm, because if it is later, it will not be playing football. Twenty-two players will be frozen into popsicles first.
Although the game will be held at one o’clock in the afternoon, the stadium is relatively old, and there is no warm-keeping facilities and no so-called VIP box, which makes Zhuang Ge good at watching the team game in the stands.
Despite wearing several coats, Zhuang Ge still felt a chill.
I can still feel cold when I’m dressed like this, so the players … Zhuang Ge got a cold war when he thought of it and didn’t dare to think about it again.
There is still some time before the game, and there are not many fans shivering in the stands. Zhuang Ge looks around the whole stadium.
What caught Zhuang Ge’s eye was an ancient stadium, which revealed desolate and rusty goals, tattered nets, overgrown playing fields and badly damaged stands everywhere.
A Spartak club worker who accompanied him to watch the game told Zhuang Ge that now in Russia, we can’t see the brilliant Russian football players of the former Soviet Union, and their livelihoods are far away from home. Tens of thousands of fans are now trying to find enough food and clothing to spend this cold winter. With the bankruptcy of the youth sports school model, the club has been in full swing, and the youth league and even the enterprise league have been closed. It is the first time that the Russian club has tasted the taste of breaking the meal.
Zhuang Ge suddenly recalled those second-rate players who had been swept out of the house by Russian clubs in the past. They played in Korean and even China leagues, which was called a wind and water. They said that the Russian striker Vladimir Nakhratov, who was awesome in the first League A, was actually just an amateur player in Russia before going to China …
In foreign countries, players are getting along well, while Chinese clubs hastily set up youth echelons, but it is difficult to find talents. This is the present situation that Russian football is the whole sports industry.
Chapter 11 Pit Dad Stadium
While Zhuang Ge was imagining things, both players had already arrived at the stadium waiting for the referee’s whistle.
Seeing that the referee didn’t blow the whistle for a long time, the players on both sides were very dissatisfied. batistuta and the captain of the other team, Onopuko, had to "wake up" the referee and pay attention to the players’ expressions.
So the referee was very reasonable and blew the whistle five minutes ago.
After hearing the whistle, the players from either side immediately ran wildly-if they don’t move, they will freeze to death in this damn weather.
The coach and substitute players on that court don’t have a game. those people are lucky. the cold and hard substitute seat has become the most unpopular place for players and coaches. the substitute players prefer to make tireless preparations on the sidelines rather than stay in their seats for too long. In this case, the members of the coaching staff have also "helped the players warm up" to move back and forth on the sidelines.
So the substitute players kept doing exercises on the edge of the court to keep their bodies warmer. The stands watched the ball in twos and threes, and the fans were surprised to find that there were two more Belsa on the edge of the court (Argentine coach Belsa always likes to walk around the court).
Now, due to that political turmoil and economic depression in the country, this Moscow Spartak is far from what it was when it dominate the Soviet league. The team trained two generation of "czars"-shalimov and mostovoi have successively switched to foreign leagues to fight for their own careers.
Speaking of shalimov, I have to feel sorry for this player, who is called the "last emperor" of Soviet football. After losing in the "Russian Green mutiny" led by himself more than a year ago, he felt like a different person. Although his health was fine, his mental state plummeted. His core Inter Milan ranked third in Serie A only two points behind the leader AC Milan before shalimov slipped.
However, after the mutiny, Inter Milan’s record slipped all the way to the end and had to fight hard to avoid relegation.
And such a promising football superstar fell (the Russian was only 25 years old at that time)-although he was later dug up to Duisburg by his mentor Lining (Duisburg President Shi Dike proudly said that "although we paid a considerable transfer, it is worthy of our pride to get such a star" and captain Shi Biguier even looked forward to "with shalimov, our playing will become a real art").
Kalpin, who led Spartak Moscow to win the Russian Cup in the season, has also been sold to Real Sociedad in La Liga due to the financial pressure of the team, leaving one player who is still valuable, that is, viktor onopko, the core of the team’s defense line and the captain of the field.
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