«Fat, don't watch yourself?» Bazhenov — about the separation of Karpin for being overweight

MOSCOW, Apr 18 Former Spartak striker Nikita Bazhenov told how the head coach of the Russian national team and Rostov, Valery Karpin, monitored the weight of the players while working at the club. «There were no serious problems with being overweight in Spartak, and even under Karpin. There were wild fines with him: 100 extra grams — $ 100. He seems to have a quirk on this. You bring 200 grams, and he throws a tantrum — he just blows it hard. He said: «Fat, can't you take care of yourself?» They answered: «Georgich, well, 200 grams in total, what are you starting?» — quotes the words of the Sport24 footballer. Bazhenov noted that the club set strict weight norms for each player. According to him, some players had to lose several kilograms. «It got to the point that people used a trick before weighing — who I trained, I rode a bicycle, and someone went to the bathhouse. Luckily, I was given a gap of one and a half kilograms, so I dealt with it normally. But sometimes, of course, I suffered,” he added.