Russian President Dmitry Medvedev receives players of the Zenit football team in the Kremlin this Friday. The head of the state decided to personally congratulate the sportsmen who won the UEFA Cup when defeating Rangers 2:0 in the final game in Manchester.
On Thursday, during his visit to the strategic-purpose missile division in the Ivanovo Region, Medvedev said he was a Zenit fan, since he was from St. Petersburg.
It is a holiday for Russia's football, he noted.
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The president described the game as fantastic. The first goal was beautiful, he said.
The main is that it will attract children who do not go in for sport at present to stadiums, Medvedev noted.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev receives players of the Zenit football team in the Kremlin this Friday. The head of the state decided to personally congratulate the sportsmen who won the UEFA Cup when defeating Rangers 2:0 in the final game in Manchester.
