Artem Dziuba presented the best player award to a partner whose father passed away

In the immediate aftermath of the sex scandal, Russian footballer Artem Dziuba became the best player of the Zenit-Krasnodar match, but decided to present the award to his partner Alexei Sutormin, whose father passed away.

Then, during the match, “Zenith” conceded the first in the first half. At the end of the first half, Dziuba had a chance to even the score when he was given the right to take a penalty, but did not convert it. What he stoked the hatred of the stands, who had previously booed him, even more.

Already in the second half, the team and the striker who got into a scandal managed to prove their worth. First, the return goal was scored by a footballer from Peter Kuzyaev, and in the 79th minute he took the lead thanks to a goal from Artem Dziuba, who finally won. Already in injury time, the third goal was scored by the host player Sutormin. As a result, Dziuba was recognized as the player of the match.

After the game, Dziuba commented on the incident.

“Thank you who voted for me [в номинации лучшему игроку матча]… But my [ситуация] Overall, silly in comparison … I’d like to give the award to Leha Sutormin. His father left yesterday. I want to get it. He deserves it, a real man. A very important victory for us. Thanks for the support. We will be stronger.

Psychologically, I kind of pushed, thank you guys for joining me and supporting me. When they hear about Lech now … I’ll give him this award. Only when he scored a goal, when he started crying, did I immediately realize that something was not right, “Dzyuba said on Match TV.

Later, the athlete also spoke about the latest events that happened to him.

“I am imperfect, like anyone. I make mistakes. We are all sinners. I am a little guilty, I can only blame myself. But in those moments, when everyone turns around, I really appreciate those who stay with me,” he said Dziuba in the video. posted on the Telegram channel “Mash on Moika”.

We recall, today the captain of St. Petersburg “Zenith” and the Russian team Artem Dzyuba, who is considered the top scorer in Russian football, got into a sexual scandal after unknown persons leaked a video in which the athlete masturbates. After that, the forward was not called up to the current training camp of the national team in November 2020 due to the incident.

Later, Russian and Ukrainian pop stars defended the footballer saying that “masturbating is normal, but stealing videos is not”.