The players and the Estonian national team manager apologized for dinner with Karpin :: Football :: RBC Sport

Two players and the coach of the Estonian national team have expressed regret that their dinner with Valery Karpin could hurt someone’s feelings. They emphasized that they only talked about football

The Estonian Football Federation released a statement to the media by national team players Konstantin Vasiliev and Sergey Zenev, as well as head coach Andres Opera, regarding a joint dinner with Russia national team head coach Valery Karpin. By the way in shape Postman.

“We are sorry for this situation and apologize to all those whose feelings were hurt by our dinner and the posting of the photo on social media. Our conversation focused only on football.

Ex-Estonian national team player Andrey Stepanov posted a photo on social networks on December 31 with Karpin, Vasiliev, Zenev and several former football players.

The players’ act was condemned by Estonian Minister of Culture Piret Hartman and the Estonian national team fans’ association MTU Jalgpallihaigla, and Vasiliev was offered to deprive the national team captaincy.

At the same time, the head of the Estonian Football Federation Aivar Pohlak defended the players and said it was important not to lose “the right to know people who think differently and the right to meet with them.”

Karpin was born in Narva and started his professional career in Tallinn.