The excitement of the coaching staff, the smoke show from the fans and the secrets of Evgeni Malkin: what remains behind the scenes of the capital's derby

All for football

The main football derby in Russia met the expectations of experts and fans long before the starting whistle. Tickets for the Opening of the Arena were sold out a few days before the appointed date. At the same time, the quota for the fan stands did not get into the open sale - several thousand tickets were sold through the official Spartak and CSKA fan clubs.

The match was a serious test for law enforcement officers - the police and the Russian Guard began to watch from noon not only on the territory adjacent to the stadium, but also at all stations of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro line.

Thanks to well-coordinated actions, the audience’s streams were able to separate into different parts of the stadium, which helped most fans to take their seats in the stands in advance.

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It was crowded that day in the VIP stands. Not only well-known in the past Spartak players in the person of Nikita Bazhenov, Alexander Shirko and Sergey Rodionov arrived to visit the main summer match in Tushino, but also a first-rate hockey star. Pittsburgh striker Evgeni Malkin was an unexpected guest for football circles, while the hockey player did not advertise his sympathies.

Spartak or CSKA? I am a fan of the “penguins,” Malkin jokingly answered reporters when asked who he would be rooting for.

Fans

As expected, fans of irreconcilable rivals also attracted close attention. While the players of Spartak and CSKA were looking for keys to each other's defense, active fans staged a real performance, which, by the way, began even before the match.

On Sunday, August 18, CSKA fans massively attended their team's training. Trying to convey their emotions and give the players a red-blue charge of emotions for an important meeting, the fans not only prepared a banner with the call “Win”, but also arranged a small fire show.

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Fan training continued on the day of the game itself. In the morning, the red-blue ones distributed the description and content of the main red-white performance, which the Supporters Group representatives prepared throughout the week, over the network.

In addition, the unknown carried out a hacker attack on the site of the main fan association "Spartak" - "Fratriya". A call appeared on the portal’s main page to abandon the team’s support and leave the stands in the 80th minute, expressing protest against the work of Oleg Kononov. Later, representatives of the organization disowned this message and announced a hacking resource.

It turned out that the insiders of the red and blue were correct, and the show performed by the rostrum B did correspond to the description from the army team. However, this did not spoil the impression of the action, prepared by Spartak fans.

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The performance of red and white included several acts. First, a flag and a banner with the text from the song of the group “Aria” - “We will fight to the end” formed on the podium from special dice, and the colorful action ended with the appearance of a giant figure in the hood and a noisy smoke show. To his sounds and the applause of the entire stadium, the crew of the A321 aircraft was honored the other day, making an emergency landing in the fields near Moscow.

The active actions of the fans did not end there. As befits a derby, fans throughout the match exchanged insults and have repeatedly been close to breaking the match. The smoke from the pyrotechnic means, which were brought in large quantities to the stadium by the army team, forced the refereeing team to stop the meeting for several minutes in the middle of the second half.

Noteworthy and a few more banners. In particular, the red and blue, despite many years of enmity with Spartak, dedicated the painting to the fallen red and white fan Alexei “Bakhyt” Vasyuk.

“The trouble has no flowers,” said CSKA fans.

Coaches and Players

The coaching duel of Oleg Kononov and Victor Goncharenko became one of the decorations of the last derby. The mentor of Spartak preferred the same clothes with a three-piece suit, in which he led the team in the match with Thun. The CSKA coach, on the contrary, preferred the official style.

The emotions of mentors were also polar. Goncharenko behaved more restrainedly Kononov, who in an unusual manner for himself showed on the edge of the whole gamut of feelings.

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While the head coach of the red and blue was constantly watching the game of his team from the border of the technical zone, Kononov actively moved, sat down, got up, gestured and several times personally sent the ball into the game.

The mood of the head of the coaching staff was transmitted to his subordinates. Physical training specialist Alexander Zaichenkov and chief rehabilitologist Vladimir Chepzanovich watched the meeting from the rostrum for the press and behaved extremely emotionally. Tapping on the table the rhythms of fan songs, they tried to shout to their wards. Moreover, most often the name of Zelimkhan Bakaev sounded from their lips, which, judging by the reaction of the coaches, did not always fulfill the task assigned to it.

In the neighborhood with the club staff, disqualified Esekiel Ponce was also a fan of the teammates. However, the Argentinean hid his reaction to what was happening on the field, allowing himself weakness only twice. At the first moment, he covered his face with his hands at the moment when his team conceded a goal, the second at the moment of the final triumph, which coincided with the sound of the final whistle.