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Pavel Mamaev apologized to the fans
Krasnodar football player Pavel Mamaev apologized to the fans for his behavior after the departure of the Russian national team from Euro 2016. His letter was published on the Championship.com website.
“Offending, ignoring the fans was by no means my intention. I apologize to the fans who are worried about the national team, the fans of the Krasnodar football club, all the football workers who help the players, for the fact that I could hurt their feelings, ”Mamaev wrote.
As the footballer’s letter says, “I don’t want to hide: I wanted to forget these games faster, switch to my family, to my loved ones, with whom you find strength again.”
- Immediately after the departure of the Russian national team from Euro 2016, Pavel Mamaev posted on Instagram a photo from a private jet and accompanied it with a comment: “Yes, we lost ... yes, we flew out ... but, probably, this is our maximum! Waiting for shit in the comments. Two weeks later, Mamaev and another national team player Alexander Kokorin were filmed in a club in Monte Carlo, where champagne was carried out to the Russian anthem. This party was widely discussed in the press .
- Krasnodar and Zenit, for which Mamaev and Kokorin play, fined the players and sent them to backup squads. True, soon both players returned to the base. Kokorin apologized to the fans on July 8.