Goalie “Zenith » Mikhail Kerjakov in an interview with , he expressed his attitude to the fact that some late autumn season matches took place in extreme weather conditions.
Zenit is in second place in the Russian Championship standings, gaining 36 points after 18 rounds. Krasnodar leads with 38 points. There is a winter break in the championship.
— In the 17th round match, Zenit and Lokomotiv waited until the decision was made whether to play or not to play. Which option were you for?
“I didn’t want the match to be canceled.” What would this mean then? Postponed until spring or the next day when there is no snow? Once we arrive, we have to play. But I would like us to agree on the principle: at this time of year it snows and there are frosts. And in some regions, temperatures are very low.
– You’ve probably encountered this before.
— I happened to play at -15. Then your toes are no longer yours for a long time. Another keeper told me he froze them and couldn’t smell them for several months. And once in 2005 we went with the double team of Zenit to play against the double team of the Tom team. It was early spring, the match was to take place in the closed city of Seversk. There is ice on the ground and snow on the summit which continues to fall. The markings were made by sprinkling everything with sawdust. Anyway, nothing is visible. And they offer us: we can inflict a technical defeat on our opponent. But our coach Alexei Strepetov said we would play. What’s remarkable is that this is when Garik Denisov was sent to the double team. So, not only did he go out, but he also burned everything he could in the center! Several times I made tackles etc.
— That is, you can play in any conditions, or is Oleg Romantsev right when he said: let Santas kick the ball in the snow?
– Of course you can. We were playing. But it is difficult to call it football, and on the field in such conditions many think about how not to get injured. I repeat: I want the people who draw up the calendar to understand when it is snowing and it is very cold,” Kerzhakov told .
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