For a threatening gesture, the head coach of the Russian national hockey team was disqualified for one match. Znarok: Gesture at the end of the game? My throat hurt. And if you remove this version, then the Swede did not watch his language Znarok showed a gesture to the Swedes

“I’ll put you to the test.” What do Znark's gestures mean? (photo, survey)

The Soviet Sport correspondent talked with journalist and researcher of the criminal language Alexander Sidorov (Fima Zhiganets) about the gestures of the head coach of the Russian national team Oleg Znarok. Let us remember that they cost him disqualification for the final match of the World Cup against the Finnish national team.

First gesture

Everything is clear here, this is an international gesture. It means a threat to cut your throat, or “I will finish you.” By any means. The gesture has a criminal connotation.

Second gesture

Here is an indication of shoulder straps, and then he tapped his palm. This can be interpreted as follows: for such matters you can report to the cops. This is a gesture from the criminal world. Translated into ordinary language, he meant that such things should not be allowed. This was not an invective (offensive) gesture. There were no insults directed at anyone here. In the criminal world, banging your fist on your palm means an informer, and pointing to your shoulder straps means the police.

Third gesture

This is not so much a gesture from the criminal world as a gesture from hooligans. It means "I will grind you to death." And before that, Znarok pointed towards the locker room, meaning that, they say, we’ll go out and I’ll grind you there. In other words, he showed that he would give the Swede a good beating. “I’ll mix you up, put you in the mix,” that’s what it meant. The first and third gesture, unlike the second, contain an open threat to the person.

Summary

I think disqualification is nonsense. A person cannot be disqualified or removed for this. It was possible, for example, to demand an apology after the match, but depriving him of the right to be on the bench in the final is too much. This is not just an unwise decision. It was clearly accepted solely because it was about the Russian national team. In any other case, no one would have allowed this. This is a direct demonstration of disrespect for Russia and the Russian team.

source: “Soviet Sport”

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Today in Sochi the second match of our team at the 2014 Channel One Cup will take place. The Swedes will be the opponents of Oleg Znarok’s team, which means that the 2014 World Cup semi-final and Oleg Valerievich’s finger will pop up in our heads again...

Well, did you surface? If suddenly not, although this is unlikely, let me remind you.

At the end of the semi-final match of the World Championship Russia - Sweden (3:1), our team's forward Sergei Plotnikov fell on the ice after contact with an opponent. A skirmish began on the ice. As a result, Swede Mikael Backlund, who pushed Plotnikov, received a disciplinary fine for the rest of the game.

But the most interesting thing at that moment was happening overboard. Russian national team head coach Oleg Znarok shouted at Swedish coach Rikard Gronborg and ran his thumb across his throat. But the Scandinavian did not tell jokes in response. “Gronborg shouted ‘I’ll kill you!’ several times,” Swedish radio journalist Lena Sundqvist later said. “I listened very carefully and would never have said this if I wasn’t so sure.”

“I wish I could see what he told me on the street,” Znarok said at a press conference. - What did I show in response? My throat hurt, it was cold in the trainer’s room, and our suits were thin...

But the IIHF did not believe Znark, and slapped both coaches with a one-match disqualification. However, the Russian team won the World Cup with Harijs Vitolins at the head of the team. But that's a completely different story.

“Znark’s gesture” went to the people. And the best proof of this was KVN. In the summer, another music festival took place in Jurmala, Latvia, and Oleg Valerievich was on the jury. And “Znark’s gesture” turned out to be perhaps the most “quoted” in this game.

First, it was shown by a member of the “District City” team from Oleg Valerievich’s native Chelyabinsk. Then the Moscow team “Parapaparam”, when they portrayed American television. His “presenter”, to explain the word “hockey”, resorted to the “Znark gesture”. And then he played on the mentor’s surname in a musical way - Znarep-Znarok. The team from Pyatigorsk also pampered the audience with Znarka’s gesture.

Yes, of course, the general manager of the national team Andrei Safronov has already said that that semi-final with the Swedes has been forgotten. Yes, coach Rikard Gronborg no longer works at his team's headquarters. Moreover, apparently, he is now completely unemployed. Although Per Mots, on whose staff Rickard worked, still heads the national team (isn’t that the case, by the way), influenced the decision of the venerable head coach to abandon the young expressive specialist?) Yes, at the first Finnish stage of the Eurotour, the Russian and Swedish national teams already crossed paths, and ours lost in shootouts (4:5). But it’s still impossible to forget “Znark’s gesture”. Now he is a feature or, if you like, a symbol of matches with the Swedes. At least until the next World Cup in the Czech Republic. Fortunately, both teams came into today’s match with 3 points in the tournament.

Who should we fear most among today's Swedes? Firstly, two defenders. Patrick Hersley from Sibir and Johan Fransson from Rapperswil, who were burned with napalm in the first match of the Channel One Cup with the Czech Republic and scored a double. And also an old friend Linus Umark, who scored a hat-trick, although it was an assist.

Let me remind you that the Swedes currently have 13 KHL representatives. And almost all of them are well-known in our league. So it won’t be easy for Oleg Znark’s guys.

Match: Sweden - Russia

15:01 25.05.2014

Disciplinary Committee International Federation hockey (IIHF) disqualified the head coach of the Russian national hockey team Oleg Znarok for one match, ITAR-TASS reports.

Thus, the specialist will be absent from the final match with Finland, which will take place on May 25 at 22:00. In the duel with the Scandinavians, the Russians will be led by his assistant Harijs Vitolins.

This decision was made due to Znark’s behavior 11 seconds before the end of the semi-final game with the Swedes. During a verbal altercation, the Russian coach showed assistant coach of the Swedish national team Rikard Gronberg threatening gesture, running his finger across his throat.

However, the IIHF disciplinary committee did not limit itself to punishing the Russian specialist - Gronberg was also disqualified for the bronze medal match with the Czech national team. Emotions among the two experts ran high due to the fact that Swedish forward Mikael Backlund grossly violated the rules against Sergei Plotnikov.

As the coach of the Swedish hockey players, Per Morts, said after the end of the match, the Russian striker feigned a violation. He was also extremely outraged by the behavior of Znark, who threatened to deal with his assistant “in front of 15 thousand people.” At the end of the match, the Russian coach, Morts and Gronberg did not shake hands.

Znarok did not agree with his own disqualification and explained the decision of the disciplinary committee by saying that “none of our people are there.” The coach of the Russian national team is confident that the IIHF’s decision will only unite the team. “The guys know how to play. The team is ready for the match. But the meeting will be difficult. Everything will be decided by the fact of fatigue - who has more strength left, and the implementation of the majority,” he said.

The Russian mentor also commented on his action. “I am an emotional person. There was a provocation on the part of the Swede, who ran up to the glass and started all this. I don’t know what made him angry,” Znarok said. He added that Plotnikov “plays with injections, his meniscus flies out and then gets inserted,” and “his participation in the final was in question.”

“And I am who I am. If I don't have emotions, it will be detrimental to the team. If the situation were to repeat itself, I would do exactly the same. People like the Swedish coach need to be put in their place. Yesterday I looked at what he did at the World Youth Championships...” noted Znarok.

It is assumed that now the Russian coach will watch the game of his players from the box of the Hockey Federation, and he will lead the team through a microphone.

The night before, the Russian national team, undefeated at the 2014 World Cup, won a convincing victory over Sweden with a score of 3:1. About three and a bit minutes before the end of the semi-final match, the Scandinavians released a sixth player instead of the goalkeeper. However, this did not help them score a single goal.

Oleg Znarok will not be able to attend the main ice battle - the World Championship final today. Our team will take to the ice against the Finns, and since it was the Finns who threw our team out of the standings at the Sochi Olympics, this will clearly be a battle to the death.

A few minutes ago, loud music started playing, hockey players flew onto the ice and began running around in a circle - each team in its own half. The so-called pre-match rollout. There is a colossal tension that awaits us big game, a real celebration of hockey. There is only one thing that mars him: Main coach Russian Oleg Znarok will not lead his players in this match from the coaching bench. This decision was made by the disciplinary commission. In the morning she dealt with the incident that happened the day before in the semi-finals with the Swedes.

Shortly before the end of the match, when the Swedes' chances were fading before our eyes, during one of the game breaks, a Swedish hockey player secretly hit our already injured player Sergei Plotnikov. He fell. The opposing coach started yelling at him. Oleg Znarok stood up for his player - he showed a gesture - he ran his finger across his chin. According to officials of the International Hockey Federation, this is enough for disqualification.

A hockey coach can be said to be a key figure. It affects the game to a greater extent than, for example, a football coach. Constantly changes links. And often the winner is the one who reacts more quickly and correctly to the opponent’s moves. At this tournament, under the leadership of Znark, our team did not lose a single match. Therefore, it is doubly disappointing that he will not be on the coaching bench in the finals. The team will be managed by Znarka assistant Harijs Vitolins. They are longtime associates. They played together for the Latvian national team, together they coached Dynamo Moscow. Well, where will Znarok be during the match - he answered this question himself after the morning training.

“In principle, there are no problems, the guys know how to play, we were prepared for this game. The problem is that it’s like you can’t be in the locker room here, so I’ll sit in the box, probably with a microphone and a remote control. I think , they did the wrong thing by disqualifying them for the final match,” said Oleg Znarok.

In Minsk they expect that Russian President Vladimir Putin will come to this game to support our guys. The match will also be attended by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The stands are already filled to capacity. Definitely the overwhelming majority of fans are for ours. They joke here that this World Cup is almost like home for us. Thousands of people came from all over Russia, and Belarusians also support our team.

We already met with the Finns at this championship in the group stage and won 4:2. Many fans remember well another game of today's finalists: the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament in Sochi, when Russia lost 1:3. We can say that Russia and Finland are fundamental rivals. We defeated the Finns 6:2 in the semi-finals of the World Cup two years ago in Helsinki and lost to them in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Moscow.

The history of the confrontation is rich and controversial. Therefore, we will not discuss who is the favorite today. The fight will be hot.

Per Morts: There was a simulation on the part of the Russian hockey player

We didn't do our best, but we were close. We had chances to score, but we couldn't convert them.

Comment on the Swedish player's antics at the end of the match. He hit Plotnikov for no reason, it looked like a rather boorish act...

I've watched this episode on video many times. There was a minor bump. So this is a simulation on the part of the Russian hockey player.

Don't you think that last minute Should the judges have awarded a shootout against Russia for deliberately moving the goalposts?

Yes, I think so. According to the rules, moving the goal in the last minute is punishable by a free throw.

What is the main reason for the defeat? You started the first period very well, didn't you? You combined well and confidently entered the opponent’s zone. Even the audience began to whistle in displeasure...

Here, without waiting for the Swedish coach’s answer, the helmsman of the Russian team hastened to answer Oleg Znarok: “What are you guys doing? What do you think, are we just going out for a walk?”

I have already noted that the main reason is the good play of the Russian team. They also made better use of their chances. This is the reason. Well, we shouldn’t have moved away so much.

- How would you comment on the coach’s behavior at the end of the game, in the episode with the hockey players’ clash?(This meant the gesture of Oleg Znarok, who ran the thumb of his right hand across his throat. -Ed.)

It is unacceptable.

Oleg Znarok: I would like to see what this Swede on the street would tell me

- What did this gesture mean at the end of the game?

My throat hurt. It's very cold in the trainer's room. We were given very thin suits. And we are on the ice all the time. You see, my voice even sank.

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- Don’t the medications help?

Unfortunately, we do not have the same medications as you.

- What is your version of the episode with Plotnikov, which occurred at the end of the match?

The Swedish striker acted incorrectly. You have to be able to lose beautifully. We have a team with character, if you think that we will not fight back, then you are mistaken. It was just me who stopped the hockey players. Otherwise they could have staged a battle on the ice.

- You speak excellent German. Would you like to answer one question in German?

No, I am the coach of the Russian national team.

- Ovechkin spent less than 14 minutes on the ice today. Why?

I haven’t looked yet how long he spent on the ice. But he was very effective. At the end I held him back a little, because we will still need him in the final.

How do you manage to control the team in such a way that it looks great not only on offense, but also on defense?

We haven't really done anything yet. It's difficult to answer this question. Probably the fact is that all the guys follow the coaching instructions.

How proud are you that the team made it to the finals? This is the first time you have achieved such success as a national team coach.

I'm very pleased.

Many hockey players say that in many ways the key moment of the match was Bobrovsky’s incredible rescue? Do you agree with this?

Maybe yes. But the whole team played well. If you know, I don't single out individual players. Of course, there were a lot of mistakes, especially in defense.

- Can you remember for Lately such disgusting behavior of opponents and coaches?

Anything can happen. The Swede acted badly. I think I’ve had situations like this happen in the playoffs before. This is probably my character. Although, I think there was a provocation there.

- Regarding the gesture. If we remove the version with a cold, then did the Swede start saying something? Didn't you watch your language?

He apparently doesn’t know what happened to Summanen before?

I would like to see what he would say to me on the street. ( Laughs. - Ed.)

- Who would you like to be your opponent in the final?

Hard to say. The opponent is not chosen.

How do you feel about the comparison of the Russian national team by Swedish journalists with the “Red Machine” - the USSR national team 35 years ago?

No way. Before the game, before installation, I read a lot of negative things about us. I think the guys took note of this.

- Still unable to score on the power play...

Sashka ( Ovechkin. - Ed.) throws and throws, seemingly from lethal positions. Sometimes the goalie doesn't even see the puck. But it doesn’t fly into the gate, that’s all. I hope everything will be different tomorrow.

- Is everything okay with Plotnikov?

He's been out injured since the second or third game. Painful sensations very strong.

Znarok may miss the World Cup final because of his gesture

Today, the World Cup directorate will examine the behavior of a specialist who made a “gesture of death” towards his Swedish colleague, running his thumb across his throat.