Dynamo Moscow goalkeeper Igor Leshchuk spends his vacation after tough season on the bench. The athlete is resting in America, where he has already criticized the level of service. And he even threatened an airport employee that he would soon fly to the United States on a Russian passport.
Throwing Leshchuk in the season and «personal reasons» «Dynamo» frankly unsuccessfully performed in the year of the 100th anniversary. The fans were really looking forward to the fight for medals, which at the beginning of the season seemed quite real. «White-blue» were among the leaders and at some point even became the main pursuers of «Zenith». But then everything went wrong, and the final ninth place can be considered a nightmare. Ahead was even Lokomotiv, which before the winter break was fighting for survival.
Nothing happened in the Cup of Russia. Muscovites went far along the grid, but managed to lose to Akron from the First League in a penalty shootout. Dynamo did not have stability in the goalkeeper position either.
Anton Shunin was wrong from time to time. At some point, Leshchuk took advantage of the chance, who became the main goalkeeper of the club in the matches of the Russian Cup. The peak of his performances is the match against Zenit in St. Petersburg. Igor was good and won a penalty shootout for Dynamo in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
This allowed him to win a place at the base and for the Russian Championship. However, after a home defeat from Sochi, Leshchuk again settled in the reserve. Moreover, if you believe the footballer himself, he was removed from the squad due to personal reasons and the situation in the family. Then Dynamo was still coached by Slavis Jokanovic, with whom Igor clearly did not have a relationship. When the Serbian was fired, Leshchuk played the last three games of the season.
«This is not Russia, but America»The goalkeeper went to America to lick his wounds. It is extremely difficult for a Russian citizen to get into a country now. Igor managed to find a loophole. According to social networks, he went there not alone, but not with his wife, with whom he is in the process of divorce. However, personal life specifically in this story does not matter. Leshchuk was at the epicenter of the scandal because of his statements about the United States and the level of service in the country.
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"Service in the USA, of course, leaves much to be desired. After him, you appreciate even more what is in Russia. Here today at the airport during the inspection: at first they were forced to shift everything from one tape to another, because the security officers themselves are confused in the rules. Then they told me to take off my shoes, but they didn't even provide shoe covers. In our country, this is considered the norm, and with them everyone must take care of himself,» Leshchuk wrote in his Telegram channel.
Igor did not stop there and continued the story. The result was the conclusion that soon Russians will fly to America not with a foreign passport, but with a Russian passport. there are always free shoe covers. He replied: «This is not Russia, but America,» with which it is impossible not to agree. But I decided to finish off with a final note: «Soon we will fly to you on Russian passports.» Here, of course, it has its own atmosphere, for which I visit the country. But what we have in our homeland is a level that is hard to find in other countries,” added the goalkeeper.
Making such a publication, Leshchuk should have understood that it would raise many questions. Obviously, the fans will be interested in why he went to America at all, if everything is so bad there and the level of service is below the plinth. Especially given the geopolitical realities. It turns out, some kind of masochism. As a result, for the rest of the off-season, fans will discuss not his prospects for becoming the first number in Dynamo, but a vacation in the USA.