A scandalous episode took place in the 5th, decisive match of the final series of the Russian women’s volleyball championship between Kaliningrad “Locomotive” and “Uralochka-NTMK”.
The moment Lokomotiv technical director Andrey Voronkov uttered the following sentence while instructing defender Valeria Zaitseva during a timeout: “Why are you holding this monkey again?” It is worth noting that dark-skinned Cuban volleyball player Ailama Montalvo played for Uralochka, while Lokomotiv did not have a single legionnaire.
In social networks, this statement caused a wave of indignation from fans of the club in the Sverdlovsk region. “Andrey Gennadievich should make a public apology,” Uralochka’s press service wrote under the video.
Recall that the Lokomotiv volleyball players won the decisive match with a score of 3-2 in the sets and won the title of champion for the second time in a row.
