
MOSCOW, June 2 Spanish «Barcelona» and the Netherlands national team Memphis Depay supported his compatriot Spartak Moscow midfielder Quincy Promes and congratulated him on winning the Russian Cup. Spartak won its first Russian Cup since 2003 on May 29, beating Dynamo Moscow 2-1 in the final of the tournament. Promes scored the winning goal. Depay published on his Instagram (the activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist) a photo of 30-year-old Promes with a trophy. «I'm proud of you, you can stand when people who know nothing about you condemn you without any evidence They can say anything, but you still do your job. I know what this trophy means to you,» Depay wrote under the photo. Promes returned to Spartak from Ajax Amsterdam in February 2021. In 2020, a criminal case was initiated against Promes on suspicion of involvement in an armed attack and stabbing. The incident took place in Abcoud at the end of July. A member of the football player's family was seriously injured and suffered serious knee injuries. According to media reports, the player had an argument with a family member during the party and stabbed him. On December 13, Promes was arrested, and on December 15 it was announced that he had been released from custody, but was in the status of a suspect.

