Millions of Russians still flock to European football. Greetings to all Barcelona fans in Russia.
Millions of Russians still flock to European football. Greetings to all Barcelona fans in Russia.
The recording of two FC Barcelona players, who thanked the Russian fans for their support, posted on social networks, caused a storm in the network. stupidity? ignorance? Or maybe marketing commitments? Angry Ukrainians, Robert Lewandowski tries to explain that his teammates “maybe they don’t know who they’re talking to,” the Catalan club issues a statement, but doesn’t apologize. Meanwhile, this is not an anomaly, but merely a reminder that Russian influences have not been completely removed from Western European football.
– Greetings to all Barcelona’s fans Russia. See you soon”, said Spanish defender Alejandro Balde in a short video clip.
Hello fans from Russia. Thanks a lot for your support. It’s also thanks to you. Hopefully we can achieve more, “adds his compatriot Sergi Roberto.
Several seconds of innocent video clips, which are usually in the flood of PR material – no one outside of Russia will notice. But this is not usually the case, which is why the players and the entire club were criticized not only by the football world.
The recordings were published by the Russian service Okko Sport, which has the rights to broadcast La Liga matches in Russia. Greetings to fans from Russia seemed so strange to some netizens that there was a theory about the manipulation of the material using deepfakes.
– Footballers who live far from war, earn a lot and don’t necessarily follow world events, may have the approach that fans in Russia are just as important as fans from any other country – Mariusz Rzykowski, Sports Marketing Specialist from iGamingNuts assesses.
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