Football players from the Yaroslavl "Shinnik" and the Ukrainian club "Minay" fought in a Turkish hotel during a training camp.

In the suburbs of the Turkish city of Antalya, at the Royal Seginus Hotel , a fight occurred between players of the Yaroslavl club "Shinnik" and the Ukrainian club "Minay" from Transcarpathia. about this spoke Representatives of both clubs .

The fight occurred on the evening of February 13, when both teams were in Turkey for training camps. The Ukrainian telegram channel “Bomber” posted a video that allegedly captured the conflict. The recording shows two groups of men standing in a hallway screaming as men in suits separate them.

The Russian Consulate General in Turkey explained the fight by “inappropriate behavior of the Ukrainian side.” Shinnik claims that their players “stood up for their teammate who was attacked.”

According to the telegram channel Baza , the reason for the fight was that the Ukrainian football players “provoked” the Shinnik players, asked them why they were not protesting against the government, and later “beat up one of the Russian football players in the elevator.”

“Minai,” in turn, called the Russian side’s version “nonsense.” “The cause of the clash was the shameful behavior of the players of the Russian team towards a hotel worker and provocative exclamations towards Transcarpathians,” the club’s statement said.

“After the end of the fight, when the Minai were in their rooms, the Russians continued to fight among themselves. Those who tried to stop the fight were accused of supporting Ukraine. The local police had to intervene to calm the Russians,” write football players from Transcarpathia.

According to the press attaché of the Yaroslavl club, Igor Merezhin, “several people were injured in the fight, but nothing serious.” to the hospital The players did not go . “Injuries include a cut lip, a broken toe and suspected bruised ribs,” writes Kommersant, citing a source. The Minai club also reported that there were casualties among their players.

“Shinnik” decided to move to another hotel the day after the fight.