Author: Gia Saralidze, exclusively to VK
All the attempts to break journalists and men in the street from the habit of using the absurd and incomprehensible expression “person of Caucasian origin” are failing. Probably it is time to use other tactics,
For instance, this article could be entitled “Person of Caucasian origin brings victory to Russia”. And then we could write “Person of Tatar origin brings the title of world champion to the Russian hockey team”; and then somewhat later say something like “Wrestler of Caucasian origin brings another victory to Russia”.
I wonder why people of Caucasian origin became Russians only after their victories and achievements, but criminals remain people of Caucasian origin? Nobody went so far as to call Alan “a person of Caucasian origin” when he scored the crucial goals against the Czech Republic team. He was part of our team; the team was part of our big country. Why should we separate people of Caucasian origin from other Russian citizens in real life? Who wants Caucasian peoples to be associated with uncontrolled crime and terrorism?
No doubt the complex problem of the behavior of some young people from the Caucasus in the streets of our cities exists. The situation in the Northern Caucasus is still quite tense; clandestine criminal activity continues there. However, we shouldn’t forget that two bloody wars took place in the Russian part of the Caucasus recently and our people will feel the consequences of those wars for a long time. In order to get over these consequences we need more than reconstructing our cities and our economy. We also need to get rid of the disorder in our minds concerning in particular the term “person of Caucasian origin”.
As for the win by the Russian team at Euro 2012, a lot of experts confessed after this match that they hadn’t expected such a confident victory over the Czech Republic team. Dick Advocaat’s team demonstrated well-organized and mature play. The team defended with professionalism and was good at counter-attacking, forcing the Czech Republic team to defend. The Russian players began the match self confidently; at first they let the Czech players attack, but there weren’t any critical moments near Malafeyev’s goal. The attack of our team, in its turn, was quite powerful. One of the quick attacks was played to Alan Dzagoyev, who caught the ball which hit the post to score the first goal against Petr Cech. Roman Shirokov doubled the score on less than ten minutes.
At the beginning of the second half it seemed that the Czechs managed to collect the ball and to get back their form. In the 52nd minute of the match they managed to penetrate, and Václav Pilař outplayed Vyacheslav Malafeyev to make it 2-1. But the Czech Republic team didn’t manage to achieve anything more. Despite letting in a goal, Advocaat’s team continued to play confidently with critical moments near Peter Cech’s goal. Finally, Alan Dzagoyev scored his second goal in this match and actually answered all the questions about its results. Roman Pavlyuchenko finished the Czech team off with his superb long-range shot.
It is quite pleasant that the forecast of VK that Alan could become the celebrity of this championship has started to come true. His play is worthy of the highest grade of experts, particularly foreign ones. English commentators praised Dzagoyev enthusiastically, the BBC reports. Let’s hope for Alan’s further success, which will surprise both English commentators and us.
The Russian team is in first position in the Euro-2012 standings of Group A with its three points. The Polish and Greek teams, which tied their game, share second and third places. The Czech Republic team is in the last position with no points after the first leg matches.
