Football
Ural President Ivanov: “Thanks to Genich, we won today. He gave me an orange sweater and said that we would win.”
Grigory Ivanov / Photo: © FC Ural
The President of the Yekaterinburg “Ural” Grigory Ivanov joked that his team won for the first time this season thanks to the gift of the commentator “Match TV” Konstantin Genich.
On Sunday, Ural won the first victory of the WORLD RPL season, beating Torpedo Moscow 2-0 in the ninth round match at home.
– At the game before last, Kostya Genich gave me an orange sweater and said that Ural would definitely win in it. Thanks to Kostya Genich, we won today. Yes, there were minor errors, but it was clear that the guys were determined – they wanted to win and won today.
(Goalkeeper) Nikita Alekseev? It is clear that there is no game without errors. He is a young guy, he played his first game in the championship. It was exciting, but he did a great job: he corrected his mistake and played to zero, – quotes the words of Ivanov “Championship”.
After nine matches, Ural is in 15th place in the standings with four points in the asset. In the next round, on September 17, Viktor Gancharenko’s team will host Akhmat Grozny.
Source: Sportbox
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