Controversy around Russia's most talismanic player broke almost immediately after the national squad failed to make the quarter finals of Euro 2012 by losing a Saturday match against Greece they only needed to draw to progress.
News reports said Russian lawmakers who were staying at the same five-star Le Meridien Bristol Warsaw hotel as the players did not take the result lightly and made their sentiments known to the team.
"They accused the players of surrendering (Russia's) national interests, of having a lack of will, and of destroying the hopes of millions of fans," the Sovetsky Sport daily wrote.
Mobile phone footage of the altercation posted on the LifeNews.ru website showed several lawmakers grilling a relaxed and seemingly bored Arshavin about the squad's performance against Greece. Full story...
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News reports said Russian lawmakers who were staying at the same five-star Le Meridien Bristol Warsaw hotel as the players did not take the result lightly and made their sentiments known to the team.
"They accused the players of surrendering (Russia's) national interests, of having a lack of will, and of destroying the hopes of millions of fans," the Sovetsky Sport daily wrote.
Mobile phone footage of the altercation posted on the LifeNews.ru website showed several lawmakers grilling a relaxed and seemingly bored Arshavin about the squad's performance against Greece. Full story...
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