Хорватский футболист пожелал вышвырнуть активиста Pussy Riot со стадиона
Защитник сборной Хорватии Деян Ловрен прокомментировал акцию Pussy Riot, в рамках которой несколько активистов группы выбежали на поле во время финала чемпионата мира. Слова футболиста приводит Daily Mail.
«Я вышел из себя, потому что мы играли в хорошем темпе. Мы показывали хороший футбол, а затем матч прервался. Я был взбешен, схватил парня и в тот момент подумал, что было бы здорово просто вышвырнуть его со стадиона», — признался Ловрен.
15 июля проходивший в «Лужниках» финал чемпионата мира между сборными Франции и Хорватии был прерван на несколько секунд. На 52-й минуте при счете 2:1 в пользу французов четверо активистов Pussy Riot выбежали на поле, прорвавшись через строй стюардов. Один из них подбежал к Ловрену, после чего хорват повалил его на землю. Вскоре всех нарушителей увели с поля, и матч продолжился.
Финал завершился победой французов со счетом 4:2. Трехцветные завоевали Кубок мира второй раз в истории.
'I was really mad because we'd been playing at that moment in good shape': Croatia's Dejan Lovren speaks out after flooring pitch invader as 'Pussy Riot' protest interrupts World Cup final
Dejan Lovren admitted he lost his head after flooring a pitch invader during Croatia's World Cup final defeat by France in Moscow.
France, who went on to win the match 4-2, led 2-1 when four protesters — named the 'Pussy Riot' — stormed the field in the 52nd minute at the Luzhniki Stadium.
One male protagonist made a beeline for Lovren and appeared to be hoping to receive a high-five, but instead found himself thrown to the floor by the Croatia and Liverpool defender.
And following the heartbreaking loss on the biggest stage of all, Lovren claimed he was angry about the protest as it came at the wrong time for Croatia.
'I really was mad because we'd been playing at that moment in good shape,' the 29-year-old said.
'We'd been playing good football and then some interruption came. I just lost my head and I grabbed the guy and I wished I could throw him away from the stadium.'
Meanwhile, a female pitch-invader reached Kylian Mbappe in the centre of the pitch and shared a double high five with the France forward.
The four protesters, all of whom were dressed as security personnel, were then dragged off the field by stewards and police.
Russian punk rockers Pussy Riot claimed responsibility for the pitch invasion.
The anarchist group have been vocal critics of president Vladimir Putin, who was in attendance at the Luzhniki Stadium.
One of the protesters was reported to be 28-year-old Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who was jailed in 2012 for 'hooliganism' after an anti-Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral.
Pussy Riot made a list of demands after Sunday's stunt. One was 'to release all political prisoners' and 'stop illegal arrests at rallies'. They also called for an end to fabricating criminal cases and jailing protesters.
In a statement released just moments after the invasion, the group explained their motives: 'NEWS FLASH! Just a few minutes ago four Pussy Riot members performed in the FIFA World Cup final match — «Policeman enters the Game''.
'Today is 11 years since the death of the great Russian poet, Dmitriy Prigov. Prigov created an image of a policeman, a carrier of the heavenly nationhood, in the Russian culture.'
Their statement also referenced the case of Oleg Sentsov, a vocal opponent of Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, who was sentenced in 2015 to 20 years for conspiracy to commit terror acts. He denies the charges and has been on a hunger strike since mid-May.
One of the four protesters, Olga Kurachyova, confirmed to Reuters that she had been detained by the police, adding she was in a police station at the Luzhniki Stadium.
