‘The Russian [football] team is soft – we need a Stalinist mobilisation,’ say communists
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[url]https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/21/russia-euros-stalinist-communist-party-wales[/url]
[QUOTE]Russia’s 3-0 loss to Wales and exit from Euro 2016 prompted angry reactions from officials and sardonic headlines and memes. Despite the team’s heartfelt apologies, most were quick to blame the players, arguing they lacked international experience and motivation.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Soon after the match, the internet was already taking jabs at the team. “These weren’t our footballers. You can buy that uniform in any store,” read one meme, referencing Vladimir Putin’s famous denial that the unmarked troops who seized Crimea in 2014 were Russian soldiers, despite the obvious resemblance. At least four Russian newspapers declared the team “Tou-losers” in their headlines.
The Communist Party of Russia said on its official Twitter account that the team was as “soft” as the ruling United Russia party and “for internal use” only. “We need a Stalinist mobilisation. Mental, physical hard strength,” it said.“Why does the national team perform like this, when 11 millionaires are running around the field with half-bent legs, who want to earn a lot and don’t want to work like a real athlete should,” the Communist MP and party leader, Gennady Zyuganov, said.
Some Russians, like a man in Magnitogorsk who put his television up for sale immediately after the loss, argued Soviet footballers were better because they played for national pride rather than money.
The MP Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the nationalist LDPR party, declared that Wales won because they are nationalists who had been oppressed by the English. He suggested Russia recruit players from the areas in eastern Ukraine held by Russia-backed separatists. “They’ll win any championship. We need people who are pissed off. And namely with a national motive,” he said.[/QUOTE]
Wow those are some reactions.
That "Wales was oppressed that's why they won" one is great.
Literally an article about twitter posts. They could put a bunch of links on the page at that point.
yeah lets put people "who are pissed off" that will win us the championship and not be an embarrassing as fuck game (just like this one) except thrice the usual amount of red cards which is even more fucking embarrassing
football was never russia's thing anyway why are they so upset
stick to hockey, stick to what you know
[QUOTE=Melnek;50561678]yeah lets put people "who are pissed off" that will win us the championship and not be an embarrassing as fuck game (just like this one) except thrice the usual amount of red cards which is even more fucking embarrassing
football was never russia's thing anyway why are they so upset
stick to hockey, stick to what you know[/QUOTE]
Fully agree with your point, still, the irony is there are lots of football fans in here. So it's not a big surprise every time our team show their "best" skill these fans become quite upset and shit on the team all over the internet for a week or two. Then everything settles until the next time.
[quote]“We need a Stalinist mobilisation. Mental, physical hard strength,” it said.[/quote]yeah sure, let's start a movement based on a person with extreme paranoia issues and who murdered their own civlians on suspicion
as a communist i can't understand why anybody would look up to stalin. he was a monster
To be honest, they are kind of right in the sense that a physically powerful team has massively improved odds. I mean, the previous Championship they reached the semi finals because Hiddink had gotten them on a cast-iron fitness schedule and they simply ran every single opponent to exhaustion before actually going for the goal.
Love that Wales is oppressed reasoning
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;50561535]Wow those are some reactions.
That "Wales was oppressed that's why they won" one is great.[/QUOTE]
If oppression guaranteed victory, Russia would be undefeated in Euro 2016.
[QUOTE=Melnek;50561678]football was never russia's thing anyway why are they so upset[/QUOTE]Many believe it is, despite having no major success in footbal for... er... ever? Seriously though, i can't remember any.
Funny thing is that upset fans in russia cando a lot of damage. I still remember the shit that happened on Manege square in 2002 after our team lost to Japanese.
Nobody should ever give a shit what the Russian communist party or the LDPR/Zhirinovsky says.
They're all clowns that would never hold actual power in the country.
"communists" supporting stalin aren't communists. They're state capitalists. and its also quite clear the communist party of Russia is a putin puppet.
They won the hooligan cup but they won't straight up win fuck all from now on, because dope testing is too advanced now.
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