Lokomotiv forward Artem Dzyuba managed to get into another scandal associated with intimate videos with his participation. Last time he was suspended from playing for the Russian national team, but later returned to the squad. What will happen this time?
Video number one The first story happened in the fall of 2020, when Artem played for Zenit. The video featuring the striker then caused a wave of discussion in the country. Perhaps, for a month it was almost the main topic in Russia. Still, Dziuba was then in the status of an absolute star of Russian football, the memories of the successful performance of our team at the home world championship were still fresh. Yes, and for the «Zenith» striker played well.
The football player then had to close his profile on social networks. Artem did not post anything for a long time and kept himself away from the press as much as possible. But the head coach of the Russian national team at that time, Stanislav Cherchesov, immediately took action and said that Dzyuba would not be called up for the next matches of the national team. At the same time, the attacker and the coach made the decision to miss the game together.
“The coaching staff understands that the national team must prepare for the November matches in conditions of maximum concentration and not be distracted by various extraneous things. We have always emphasized that on the football field and beyond, everyone must correspond to the level and status of the national team. In this regard it was decided not to call Dziuba to the training camp in order to protect the team and the football player from excessive negativity. Artem will have time to normalize the situation,» Cherchesov said.
Everything is new In 2021, Artem returned to the Russian national team and even took part in the European Championship, where he scored a goal against the Danes. Last summer, Dziuba went to the Turkish championship, but quickly returned to Russia, signing a contract with Lokomotiv. There, the striker began to score a lot and became the absolute leader of the club, forcing him to forget about that scandalous video. However, the summer of 2023 began as unpleasantly as possible for Artyom.
New intimate videos with his participation have appeared on the Web. As stated in the description of the videos, the 34-year-old striker allegedly recorded a number of videos of an intimate nature for a girl from Ukraine. How the files got into the public domain is unknown. Last March, Dziuba admitted that the experience was a «great lesson» for him, but noted that history made him stronger and added to his popularity. How it will be this time is still unclear. Do not forget that Artem has been married since 2012 and has three children.
His football career is now also covered in clouds. Lokomotiv, of course, is not interested in losing their best striker, with whom they also extended the contract. Another thing is that the club will have to deal with a huge stream of questions from the fans, which will certainly require an explanation from the player. And the fans in the stands are unlikely to be loyal to Artem. If after the first video Dzyuba was booed, now the situation is unlikely to get better.
This time, Dzyuba promptly responded to the incident and posted a video on social networks, where he explained that extortionists had contacted him a few days before the video was published. The football player noted that he was not interested in going through all this a second time, so he «turned the page and analyzed everything.» However, this does not negate the fact that Artem will have to face a mixed reaction from the public and become even stronger.