Swisses have given to Russian chance.
Swisses have given to Russian chance.
Our special correspondent passes from Germany with
The World championship on hockey.
Cп пЁп?п?п?я Sunday, and on paved Hanover streets by
Churches of XIV century people run. Thousand people - different age,
Floor, addition and the social importance. It "a Saxon marathon",
More likely amateur, than professional. But people with numbers
Give all the best on full, pant, swallow for
Reinforcements the dried fruits clamped in a fist. And from last forces - I
I do not know, there is a tenth or thirtieth kilometre of a way - try
To overtake ahead of the running.
Here the young punk in boxer shorts, it hardly shuffles the feet, but it
Too with number, it has joined the general order, and to it clap
Most loudly. And the punk waves a hand in the answer. Today it "abrupt", it
"Gladiator", and to it that will tell to the friends-punks on
Hockey, where they, having put on in old, ornamented by autographs
Hockey a sweater with an inscription "Kjunhakl" will come to be ill for the
Native national team of Germany.
The day before I have met here one fan with an inscription
"Berezin". It has appeared, the fan not ours - the German. Was such
The hockey player, Sergey Berezin, it and now is - successfully plays
NHL "Toronto" club, and still five years ago it was the favourite of Cologne,
The forward of "the Cologne sharks" and the best bombardirom Germany and,
It is remembered, nearly alone once has beaten in final tournament
Euroleague Moscow "Dynamo".
It has appeared, Berezina here remember and like. Perhaps therefore in
Hanover and Cologne, besides the, support Russian: ours
Three-lane flags on tribunes full, and Russian hockey, judging by
To conversations, still an ekstra-class indicator. One local
The newspaper has interrogated fans: it has appeared, every second German above
All in the championship puts a Russian national team. Behind us remained and
Czechs, and Canadians. And it besides that since 1993 we never
Did not take in the hockey World championships any medals.
Well I remember this 1993. Too Germany, Munich, the command
Heads, as well as now, Boris Mihajlov, and - again repetition -
NHLovtsev in a national team a minimum (now at us their five). Then I
Has arrived to Munich when Russia already has twice lost in the group
Tournament - to Swedes and Canadians, - I expected to see broken,
Suppressed Mihajlova. And Boris Petrovich, the person sharp and
Straight line, looked then unexpectedly cheerfully: "That, the press, bury
Already our command? Will not wait! ".
Then national team Mihajlova became the champion. And now for some reason
Too it is believed in such transformation. As two champions
The sample of 1993 play and now - Yashin and Carps.
... In Hanover coldly. The strong wind, and local residents blows
Are rescued from it on hockey, in "Arena Pressag". Arena
Capacious, beautiful, also it is located in territory
The world's largest exhibition centre. Therefore it is intended not
Only for hockey, and already now on the approach the posters saying hang
About that on first of June in an ice palace the group will act
"Ramshtajn", and on sixth of June - "Iglz".
But while here - hockey, and fans on him set up records
Attendance, besides that the average price of entrance tickets makes
About 100 stamps. In Cologne a match Germany - Switzerland have visited
18500 persons are a record of the World championships in closed
Premises.
To learn, that in a city there passes the big hockey, it is possible even in
The underground. In carriages small screens everywhere are established, and on
They are broadcast by the most interesting moments of matches. Advertising
The championship in a city suffices, tribunes on matches are filled - and all
Many of us, journalists who well remembers the World championships
At least the end 80 - the beginning 90, with great oppositions
The USSR - Czechoslovakia or Russia - Canada, does not leave sensation
Certain decrease in level of these competitions.
To support falling reputation of the World championship has arrived to Hanover
The owner of all records of NHL Wayne Grettski. Nowadays it executive
The director of the Canadian association of hockey and besides - general
The manager of the Olympic team. On the occasion of arrival Wayne has given
Press conference on which very much praised the young command:
- We have arrived here only behind gold, and any other place,
Except the first, us will strongly disappoint.
Grettski, preparing a national team to the future Olympic games, can
To be quiet for a reserve. After all now at Canadians hockey players are collected,
Becoming the first numbers of a draught (set) of NHL. Czechs have gone
On other way: at them the command skilled, played: Rajhel,
Ruchinski, prohazka, Kaberle play together not the first year.
We were not defined yet: we rush about between two these ways.
The national team structure varies constantly, and teamwork - such, as in
Former years while is not present. Class, combinational hockey on the big
To the bill shows at us only one link: Gusmans - Razin -
Golts, the hockey players who have become recently by champions of Russia in structure
Magnitogorsk "Metallurgist".
But all the same п п я п п п п?п п command still goes in it a debt
And a difficult marathon in favourites, and the Russian hockey players, as well as
Earlier, at fans of autographs in great demand.
I will give an example: our children have lodged in "Park hotel" - in
Two hundred metres from an ice palace, and after each match they
Go home on foot accompanied by the whole band of the Hanover
Boys. However, now our national team should get over in
Cologne, but is hope, that it still will return to Hanover. After all,
As I have learnt, in "Park hotel" Russian have reserved places up to
On May, 13th - day of final game. Hanover.
DMITRY FILIPCHENKO.
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//* an information Source: the General newspaper, 8.05.01
//* Reg. Nom. - 1110500034.42-------------------------------------------
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