Athletistic/Football. Died March 19 Vasily Utkin. He was the leading personification of his profession. Truly a popular commentator. Vasya, as he was affectionately called, is comfortable for every football fan. Millions of fans grew up listening to his comments. It seemed that everyone outside of Russia knew Utkin, from workers to housewives. A true national commentator has died.
Utkin worked masterfully with words. Everyone will miss his brilliant manner of communication, his ironic assessments and, of course, his masterful verbal impromptu. His famous “Nadal! Step on the pedal, brother”, “Corluka, come on, come on!” and many other expressions will remain forever engraved in the memory.
The sudden news of the death of Vasily Utkin, who recently turned 52, shocked many.
“I am shocked. We not only communicated, but we were friends. I can call him a friend. Any conversation with Utkin was interesting. Intelligent, educated, educated, understanding. I can only say good words to his topic. “The most important thing is that I am always with him, it was interesting,” said the head coach of the Russian national team. Valery Karpin.
“Vasya Utkin changed the language of commentary. In fiction, only great writers are capable of this. Vasya loved literature and knew it very well. And he became the first to comment in the post-Soviet era in a language Brilliant, modern and sophisticated Russian.” Vasya changed the language of the sports commentator profession. And left a big mark there,” said the Match TV commentator. Georgiy Cherdantsev.
“The death of Vasily Utkin is very tragic and unexpected news. I don’t remember the last time we spoke with Vasily, but there was a period when I was returning to Russia from Seville, and then we often We even commented on Betis – Sevilla in 2008. And he invited me to the studio for the victorious UEFA Cup final.
Unfortunately, Russia has lost one of the most talented sports journalists and commentators. Unfortunately, we haven’t heard it on TV lately. This is a big problem for television, especially sports and football. We all loved the football club, which opened up for us a large number of commentators who are working now,” said the former striker of the Russian national team. Alexander Kerjakov.
“I read the news, it’s terrible. I always remembered Vasily Utkin and I will always remember him. We started in football and he started his career in journalism. I never had problems with him, although I know many did. But that’s the kind of work “No matter how much we would like it, we saw the state that Vasya was in in recent years. This surely has something to do with it. I even have many “Football Club” records from those years. Vasily always interviewed me,” said the former “Celta” player. Alexander Mostovoy.
“For me, this is a hard blow, a hard blow. It hurts me so much! I haven’t even come to my senses yet. Very unexpected. Vasily was my good friend. We often argued with him, often in disagreement. But we always we listened to each other, we always listened to each other And, as a rule, they reached a consensus.
Utkin is an era. An era of journalism and commentary. I never adapted to anyone, I always had my own opinion. A unique personality, in my opinion. No one treated him with indifference. Either they hated him because he told the truth, or they respected and loved him the way I loved him,” said the former coach of Spartak Moscow and the Russian national team. Oleg Romantsev.
“A huge loss for all of us, he was the best in the profession… I really missed Outkin on the big screen… The commentary department was an orphan… There are no words… “, noted the Russian. TV presenter and journalist Dmitry Guberniev.
Utkin died at the age of 53. Information appeared in the media that the death of the famous commentator and journalist could have occurred as a result of a pulmonary embolism – a blood clot. It was reported that before his death Vasily Utkin suffered from a serious disease of the cardiovascular system. At the end of October 2023, he was diagnosed with atherosclerosis.
Andrey Andreev, Sport.Ru
Source: Sport
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