Knight's move

To my great regret, broadcasting schedule of our mega-holding still does not coincide with the routes of League’s press tours. As a result I get messages from colleagues at night on the subject «We worked well and will have a nice rest» (for a party or two in the «mafia» - do not think something bad), and Aleksey Davydov exports planking to Krasnoyarsk ...

As for me, I made my long trip this season of VTB United League to Khimki, where Moscow region club played with UNICS. After the match Kazan аorward Michael Wilkinson, who showed his sniper talents, was sad, but his sadness was bright, like a child’s who was told that Santa Claus does not exist, but nevertheless he will receive his presents for Christmas.

In Moscow on matches of CSKA there is a talisman now. I think, you wouldn’t be surprised to know that this is a horse. Press attaché of the team Nikolai Tsynkevich told me Amazing story about appearance of the army club «live symbol» during the game with «Azovmash» …

There is a story that the horse costume appeared in the army club almost at the same time with Marcus Webb (the most extravagant player in CSKA history - approx.'s). But we do not know how it was used at those times. But since then the horse costume has been collecting dust in the storehouse (of course the costume but not Marcus).

Recently, the club filmed a promotional video with Andrey Kirilenko and Viktor Khryapa. In addition, the official site of Euroleague sent a request to conduct an interview with Kirilenko. The legendary army video operator Sergey Makarov decided to make a film at the storehouse. Players quickly played their roles, and then Andrey started to give interview and Victor studied the content of the army storehouse. Soon he found the head of plush horse! And then it all started. At first Khryapa performed a sketch from the movie «The Godfather» and then showed how a chess knight walks. All this happened during the interview and Andrey managed not to laugh in the middle of the sentence.

 ... After a while Khryapa’s amazing discovery was found in the army palace - as club talisman. On the match with «Azovmash» the horse pictured with fans, «heartened» the stands, edited texts of journalists in the press box and showed interest in cheerleaders. Let us hope that very soon he will learn how to score.

                                      

Roman Skvortsov,
commentator of «Russia-2» television.