Captain of Salavat Yulaev Grigori Panin spoke with approval of the act of the former head coach of the Finnish team Tommy Lyamsia remained at the club in the spring despite the departure of his compatriots.
At the beginning of March, it became known that all foreign hockey players had left the Ufa team location, including four Finns: main goalkeeper Juha Metsola and strikers Markus Granlund, Teemu Hartikainen and Sakari Manninen, as well as the Danish defender Philip Larsen.
– Your quote: “The question is why the Lama (Lyamsya) stayed. He showed his testicles. It says a lot about a person. We do not condemn the choice, because all adults. But there are those who, by their actions, inspire respect not only from us, but from all who know the situation. Was it a pleasant surprise for you and the whole Salavat team that he stayed with the team until the end of the playoffs?
– Yes of course. Can you imagine when all the Finns leave, when all the foreigners leave? While there are pressures on him from all sides, especially over there, abroad, in this tolerant European society, which, as I believed at least, not in words but in deeds, is tolerant to everyone and everyone.
For me, these double standards that are beginning to appear, especially in the sports world, we no longer talk about politics now, they are categorically unacceptable! We are in a sport where a person is simply doing their job conscientiously.
Yes, he is in another country, but he does not run in the streets with a submachine gun, he does not shout slogans! Here, he applies his skills, which he has, for the benefit of hockey. The fact that Lama ‘showed eggs’ is a huge plus for all the guys, and for the team, and for the republic, and for all the fans,” Panin said.Championship “.
Lamsia on the left “Salavat Yulayev” right after the end of last season. He managed the Finland U20 youth team. The Ufa team last season reached the quarter-finals of the Gagarin Cup, where they lost in the series to Traktor (2–4).
Source : MatchTV
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