Vodianova vs. Dvorkovich 3:3

Natalia Vodianova held a charity football match in Moscow against the team of Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. Model and president of the Naked Heart charity foundation, Vodianova thus draws attention to the problem of disabled people in Russia.

Natalia Vodianova appeared at a press conference before the start of the game in a football uniform and shoes. "Are you going to play just like that? In heels?" - the journalists asked her. “No. I just wanted to add a little fashion to football,” the model answered. In addition to Vodianova herself, the press conference was attended by Anzhi club footballer Samuel Eto and Medvedev’s deputy Arkady Dvorkovich. The last one, however, was late.

The model thanked those gathered several times, emphasizing how important today's event was for her. Specialists from the Naked Heart Foundation have prepared amendments to Russian bills, one way or another related to disability issues, in order to submit them to Dvorkovich for consideration.

Vodianova spoke about some of these amendments and why they are so important to her personally. “My sister Oksana is a disabled person from childhood. Now she is 24 years old, and she lives in Nizhny Novgorod with her mother, and she has a happy life. But there are nuances that worry me very much. For example, what if something happens to me and my mother and Oksana will be left alone, then the only option that awaits her is a boarding school, closed institutions. Today we have such a system: either mom and dad, or the state. And the state, in principle, means a closed institution, because. no alternatives have been created."

Arkady Dvorkovich appeared only at the end of the press conference, said a welcoming speech, congratulated those gathered on Children's Day and accepted the documents from Vodianova's hands. After the press conference, everyone was invited to go to the football field.

Natalia Vodianova, captain of the Naked Heart team, and Arkady Dvorkovich, captain of Rosich, were already waiting for their fellow football players at the stadium. Among those previously announced, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov and Boris Yeltsin Jr. did not appear on the field. Dvorkovich and Vodianova tossed a coin and the Rosichi opened the game.

The match started quite fun, the government team immediately went on the attack. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Viktor Dmitriev demonstrated good ball control. Hearts midfielder, journalist Gennady Mutasov, decided to check Dmitriev, but was shot down. The referee did not give a yellow card, the Rosichi coach, the chairman of the council of the union of football players and coaches, Vladimir Leonchenko, shouted that they should treat their opponents more correctly. There were several dangerous moments at the “Hearts” goal, but Vodianova’s press secretary Timon Afinsky did not make a mistake and was able to take the ball towards the opponent. Vodianova received the pass and began a confident passage towards the Rosichi goal. She managed to elegantly pass the ball to Spartak SC veteran Dmitry Parfenov, who powerfully shot at the goal. The score is 1:0 in favor of “Hearts”.

Then the game became more intense and they stopped giving in to Vodianova. Ex-candidate for President of the Russian Federation Oleg Malyshkin from “Rosichi” apparently received a special coaching task - not to let football player Samuel Eto go, and ran after him everywhere like a shadow. Parfenov shot at the Rosichi goal again, but goalkeeper Yuri Davydov (a musician in life) caught the ball in the lower left corner of the goal with a cat's throw. Again a dangerous moment at the goal - Spartak veteran Yuri Kovtun could have shot from such a short distance, but for some reason he didn’t. Trainer Edgar Zapashny from Dvorkovich's team, like a tiger, crept up to Kovtun and, taking the ball, ran along the left flank. Meanwhile, Rosichi prepared a replacement - Deputy Minister of Agriculture Yuri Shestakov was supposed to take the field, but for some reason he changed his mind. Apparently, because the Deputy Minister of Agriculture should not walk on artificial turf, the match commentator noted. At that moment, Olympic figure skating champion Ilya Averbukh equalized the score by shooting from behind his opponent’s legs into the “Hearts” goal.

A substitution took place, singer Pierre Narcisse entered the field instead of Averbukh. Vodianova again began to break through to the Rosichi goal, but fell not far from the goal. “Hearts” football coach Andrei Kanchelskis shouted to the referee: “It was a penalty.”

Next to me on the field is a guy about 13 years old with a hairstyle like Ronaldo, he plays in the youth team of Torpedo and helps at the match, serves balls. "Who's that running around in orange boots?" - he asked me. “Vodianova,” I answer. It turned out that the young football player did not know who she was - and in general, what kind of game this was today. “The only model I know is Letizia Filippi, the ex-girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo.” The guy periodically comments on the match to me, expresses his dissatisfaction with the game, but then chalks it all up to the inexperience of the teams: “The players here are half singers.”

At the end of the second half, Vodianova finally managed to break through to the enemy goal on her own - she went one-on-one with goalkeeper Davydov. The stands chant, the coach shouts - and Vodianova scores a goal! As they say, the audience rejoices, the coach is happy. 3:3 - draw won.

After the match, Vodianova was surrounded by a ring of fans. Among those wishing to take a photo and get an autograph are Edgar Zapashny and Pierre Narcisse. Leaving the stadium, I meet a young Torpedo football player who brags to me that Vodianova gave him boots. “Now I definitely won’t forget her. I’ll look up who she is at home on the Internet,” the happy schoolboy tells me. “As a future professional football player, you should know models.” “That’s for sure,” the guy with Ronaldo’s hair smiled and, hiding his boots under his T-shirt, ran away somewhere.