“Rostov” on the official website explained foreign fans defeat with the score 1:10

Press-service “Rostov” on the official website published a statement in which he explained the foreign fans defeat with the score 1:10 in the match of 23 Matchday of the Russian Premier League with “Sochi”.

“Dear friends, many foreign fans of our club can not understand how today’s match could end with a score of 10:1.

We would like to explain. 6 players from our club got sick as a result of infection of the coronavirus, and thus the entire team had to be quarantined. Football club “Sochi” rejected our offer to postpone the match, and that’s why these young players aged 16-19 years had to participate in this meeting. Most likely, it was a very sad result, but we want to keep you on our side!

17-year-old goalkeeper Denis Popov made 15 (!!!) exciting rescues (including one penalty), which is a new record in the Russian Premier League! Denis has demonstrated an incredible show and got his deserved reward “player of the match”! His contemporary Roman Romanov scored an incredible goal and became the youngest scorer in the history of our club, also entered into a three of leaders in the history of RPL!

We think you’ll agree that our players fought for every inch of field — all of them showed incredible character! This message we would like to Express our gratitude to all supporters of our club around the world,” — said in a statement, “Rostov”.

Rostov, scoring 38 points, ranked fourth in the standings RPL, “Sochi” (27) is ninth.

“Sochi” has crushed “Rostov” with the score 10:1 in the match of RPL

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