Russian football clubs have traditionally prepared New Year's videos for their fans.

This time, the fans saw different formats and genres - from a one-minute video to a half-hour corporate party.

And coaches and players took on a new role - actors.

The stars of show business helped them in this.

Brazilians and New Year's classics

In Zenit, they decided to beat the presence of a large number of Brazilians in the team.

According to the scenario, the Russian players were delayed due to traffic jams and asked the legionnaires to start preparing for the New Year without them.

Gustavo Mantua was put to cut food for Olivier.

Claudinho tidied up his hair, saying: "Blepota!"

Goalkeeper Ivan sent letters to Santa Claus, Rodrigao watched Soviet comedies and quoted the classics: “What a disgusting thing this fish of yours is!”

Malcolm was rubbing the crystal while Douglas Santos was trying to get to grips with the jewelry, getting tangled up in them, of course.

The main question of the evening is what to add to Olivier: meat or sausage?

And Ivan still managed to go to the bath.

The video ended with the arrival of Russian football players with a Christmas tree and a feast.

At the same time, the New Year's greetings on TV were made by the mentor of St. Petersburg residents Sergey Semak, and then the players sang the song of the Glass Wool group.

It turned out to be a very atmospheric video with an abundance of jokes.

It should be noted the acting skills of the Brazilians, who have clearly pulled up the Russian language.

Army corporate

They decided to make a non-standard format in CSKA.

The club's press service posted a half-hour video showing the team's "corporate party" with show business stars.

There is also a reference to Soviet comedies, the action of which took place, including at such events.

Of course, everyone remembers very well how Semyon Farada in the film "Magicians" got lost in the building of NUINU and wandered through the deserted corridors while all the employees of the institution celebrated the holiday.

The same role went to Sergei Burunov, who was in a hurry to the corporate party of the army, but could not find where he was.

As a result, he ran around the empty CSKA stadium all evening.

And when I finally got to the place, cleaners were already working there.

The host of the evening was Konstantin Anisimov, who this year worked at the draw for the Russian Jumping Championship, as well as at one of the events of the KHL All-Star Game.

The comedian arranged various trash contests for football players and show business stars, and everything was interrupted by funny inserts.

For example, the chief physician of the team, Eduard Bezuglov, told why there was no one or another football player at the corporate party.

And Andrey Movsesyan, sports director of CSKA, using the example of a pineapple, showed how the selection work in the team goes.

They could not get around in CSKA the conflict between the head coach of the army team Vladimir Fedotov and the mentor of Spartak Guillermo Abascal.

The Russian specialist repeated the words spoken in the Moscow derby, but this time to a real clown.

Herring under a fur coat with Ivlev and Skopintsev

Moscow "Dynamo" also decided to attract a star fan - chef Konstantin Ivlev to shoot the New Year's video.

He hosts a large number of programs on the Friday TV channel.

According to the scenario, the cook plays the unlucky Santa Claus, who was filmed by the Christmas tree on video by Dmitry Skopintsev.

And in order for the footballer to erase the evidence of his existence, Grandfather agrees to cook his signature herring under a fur coat for the midfielder.

During a 15-minute cooking class, Ivlev asks Skopintsev how he learned to do feints and throw the ball between the legs of the defenders.

He learns that Dmitry loves to cook, especially meat and seafood.

At the same time, the footballer does not succumb to Konstantin's provocations and refuses eggs with mayonnaise.

“No, I have training tomorrow,” the Dynamo player shows willpower.

Ivlev touched upon personal topics while preparing the salad.

So, Skopintsev, who already has a daughter Stephanie, turns out to be thinking about his son.

Well, the chief himself spoke about his love for blue and white and, disappearing (he is still Santa Claus), left Dmitry a gift.

Skopintsev also participated in another Dynamo New Year's video.

In it, a boy from the Blue and White Academy was left all alone at the base in Novogorsk and had fun, like Macaulay Culkin in the movie Home Alone.

Dmitry met him in the conference room, and the players continued their rest together.

The audience will learn about the adventures of the boy from a letter to Santa Claus.

But only at the end it turns out that it was not a child who wrote it, but a blue-and-white midfielder.

"Spartak" distributes gifts

Moscow "Spartak" did not leave the traditional formats and prepared a two-minute video for the fans.

Its plot is quite simple: on New Year's Eve, Quincy Promes, Alexander Sobolev, Pavel Melyoshin and Nikita Bazhenov read letters of wishes from the Red and White fans.

And then the young pupil opened an envelope with a special message from the boy Petya, who asked Spartak to fulfill his dad's dream: to give him a branded Muscovite sweater.

True, in order to fulfill the request of the child, I had to ride: on New Year's Eve, my father worked at a Lukoil gas station.

But Melyoshin coped with the task and even sang a Spartak chant with a fan.

New Year's surprise of Lokomotiv

Moscow Lokomotiv did not end the season in the best way, so this time they did not distract the players to shoot videos.

At least those who have been on the team for a long time.

The club decided to take advantage of the informational occasion with the transfer of Sergei Pinyaev and made a one-minute video.

First, a Christmas tree appears in the frame with postcards that hint at the attacker.

For example, the emblem of Manchester United, where the player had an internship, or the words of Dmitry Barinov: “Come on, join us.”

And then the player himself appears.

He pulls out of the box a new uniform of railroad workers with his last name on the back.

The video is called New Year's gifts of FC Lokomotiv.

It remains to be hoped that the transfer of Pinyaev will really please the fans in the second half of the season.

It is interesting that the work of the press service of the railway workers did not end there.

In the next video, in the form of red and green at the stadium, there was another newcomer to Muscovites - Ilya Lantratov, whose signing was announced on Friday, December 30.

As planned by the authors, it was the former Khimki goalkeeper who laid out the gifts under the Christmas tree for Pinyaev.

Investigation of Sochi Barsik

At FC Sochi, the team's mascot became the main character of the video.

According to the plot, Barsik wondered why it is warm in the city in winter, while in other regions there is snow and frost.

In search of answers, he travels around the resort, communicating with its most colorful representatives - the taxi driver Armen, the seller of spices at the Adler market, and the fisherman.

But no one can help him.

However, then Barsik realizes that the reason for such warmth is the Sochi fans, who always support the team, no matter what situation it is in.

The fans appreciated the video, but at the same time noted in the comments that it would hardly be possible to return the audience to the stands without canceling FanID.

Olivier from Pari NN and blitz from Ural

Tried for their fans and other clubs.

Pari NN filmed a video of Lucas Masoero and Momo Yansane preparing Olivier.

Well, at the same time they learned Russian.

So, the Guinean footballer pronounced the word “egg” very funny, making even the Argentinean laugh.  

With the cutting of products, the players, of course, had problems.

"A normal disaster," Masoero joked.

And if they somehow coped with the cucumber, then the sausage became a stumbling block.

And the players even had to look on the Internet how she usually looks in a salad.

But in the end, the legionnaires still did not remain hungry and, of course, at the end of the video they congratulated everyone on the New Year, eating Olivier from a large bowl.

Ural decided to get to know their players better and arranged a blitz about holiday traditions.

The same questions were answered by Lazar Randzhelovich, Mingiyan Beveev, Andrey Egorychev and Eric Bikfavlvi.

The most interesting thing was an interview with a Romanian.

He said that on Christmas with his family he goes to visit friends and sing songs.

And on the table for the New Year in his family there must be fish: it brings good luck and health.  

And when asked about Santa Claus, he answered that he still believes in him. 

“I can’t say on camera that he doesn’t exist.

Children must believe.

Santa Claus is a real and Easter bunny too, ”summed up Bikfalvi.