The Champions League trophy in the hands of the stepdaughter of Andrei Pavelko – Lisa Chaus. Photo: Instagram.com

Before the Champions League final 10 days

Football Ukraine with curiosity and, at times, with shudder watching the object, in the language of the Protocol, “similar to the Champions League Cup Champions,” having fun on our land.

UEFA already made a comment to Andrei Pavelko, but as they say, whether still will be. With this trophy like this has never happened. However, other legendary trophies were story pohlesche.

The arrival of the Champions League in Kiev, Mariupol and Berislav nothing supernatural was not accompanied. The official part of the photo shoot. Interesting has begun already in the river where the head of the FFU Andrew Pavelko was a lot of relatives and good friends. Pictures of the adventures of Cup in the combat of youth Andrey Vasilievich abound on the web. Glad we are for the Federation President.

Then pause, and again the event: photos of girls of the civil spouse Pavelko, bypassing the Cup, like a Barbie doll. Staff were carefully laid out in instagram – probably not the most Lisa. Naturally, they were reprinted by almost all websites – except, of course, those who feel a special sympathy to the President of FFU personally, and one our club.

It is clear that the channel “Football” you’ll never see. You will not hear jokes leading neither on this occasion nor on the grass, neither the diploma nor about the correct translation of the words Vernidub… Its not inline.

The Director on the preparation of Euro-2012 in Ukraine, a career diplomat Markiyan Lubkivsky was horrified, commenting on photos:

– Lack of a culture, ignoring ethical standards and the absence of any framework – terrible force… Until the Cup of the UEFA Champions League will carry on the temples, while they will be effortless to play football bosses – in the eyes of Europeans, we will continue to remain similar to the heroes of the films of Kusturica films about the Russian mafia and dictators from the dark continent…

Soon, photos from the original is gone – but at least did not say that instagram is hacked as the account of the Secretary General of the football Federation of Ukraine Yuri Zapisannogo where there is a very interesting recognition and even accusations of the allies in the fight… But in the old saying that written with a pen, not cut down with an ax. Appeared in the Internet also does not disappear without a trace.

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But what, in fact, the football bosses to worry so much and fuss – people in our football hawala and such. And cups sometimes, there are all sorts of stories. Recently, our Ambassador to the Albion Alexander Zinchenko on rewarding players Manchester city so famously dancing on the podium, that the Cup of Champions of England collapsed to the ground.

Even though the pot fell so treated. Incidentally, in the next match “my Teams” Zinchenko moved from the stands in the main squad. And even entered into a national tour of one of the versions.

Here is the captain of real Madrid Sergio Ramos seven years ago dropped the Spanish king’s Cup with a double-Decker bus, not on the lawn, and asphalt. Then the trophy really had to Tinker. Well at least not lost at all.

With the world Cup also happened history. Noting the victory in the 2014 world Cup, the German national team players were datorsistemas to the point that he broke from it a small piece. Well, the copy. The original award and shipped back to storage.

You do not want the repetition of history with “Golden Goddess”. The first time it was stolen in 1966 philatelic exhibition in England. Quickly found thanks to a dog named Varmint (Pickles). Then, in 1983, the legendary trophy was stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian football Confederation in Rio, where she was put into eternal storage. That’s all.

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And Ukrainian trophies in a relatively short history of independence he had several times to change, anyway. They were also dropped. But the interesting thing was with the Cup of Ukraine. When it’s time to spend in 1992 the first finals, it turned out that the trophy, which would give the winner – “Chernomorets” and “Metalist” – no. Just forgot to order.

Had the then, FFU President Viktor Bannikov raise the old bonds of society “Zenit” and to bow in Kiev “Sokol”. The club Museum was stored a lot of trophies won by the young hockey players abroad. One and liked Viktor Maksimovich.

Kiev and the arbitrator Alexander sumich once told me that after one of the final matches of the Cup of Ukraine won his Shakhtar left the trophy in the locker room. He had to run for a bus.

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But most of all stories, of course, is the Stanley Cup. It has long been a tradition that each player of the winning team gets the Cup for a day (not including transport times). Now – a hundred days on the team. To the Cup the charge of two guards, but they are not particularly zealous – just there.

The honour of a hockey player to present the Cup to the public at home, and then – do with it what you want. Did. The extent of their promiscuity.

In the young years of the trophy, in 1906, when even the NHL was not, and the trophy itself was a simple bowl without the current increasing cylindrical pedestal, the hockey players of “Montreal Maroons” went with him to a shop, and from there to the restaurant, of course, already forgetting why he stopped by.

The owner, performing their duties, also, presumably, the order was loaded – and waking up the next day, even though nothing could remember, was delighted with the discovery, and used it as a vase for flowers.

Years later, in 1920, hockey players “Ottawa” has set a goal to get around with the Cup all the pubs along the Rideau canal. But somewhere midway that is not divided, and, leaving the bowl in the ditch began to sort things out. In the morning, seeing that something was missing, went to look. Surprisingly, I found it.

Cases when the trophy was forgotten in bars, even some. We can do without specifics. Maybe even deliberately left under supervision. In 1962, the players “Toronto” dropped it in the fire…

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When Cup is transferred to individuals at the discretion of each. Goalie Patrick Roy dropped it from the jetty into the pond in his estate. He pulled out. The other goalie Martin Brodeur took the Cup to the cinema, filled it with popcorn and throughout the session was Frank with her about life.

The famous “Islander” Brian Trott just spent another conquered the islanders Cup night, placing it next to the bed. And his teammate, Clark Gilles shared the honor of once winning the Stanley Cup with your favorite four-legged friend who supported him throughout the season. Everything is simple: I filled it with dog food, and pet licked the vase to Shine.

Perhaps knowing this, the following victors have to ask yourself, before you can SIP from Stanley Cup champagne. But they know that the original trophy is kept behind seven locks in the hockey Hall of fame in Toronto. And is given to the players, and then returns to the same hall a certified copy.

In short, the world, accompanied by two guards travels an exact copy. Note: not a fake, but an official duplicate. By the way, twice he visited Kiev. In 2004, it brought forward “Tampa” Ruslan Fedotenko in 2006 the defender of “Carolina” Anton babchuk.

No incidents recorded. After all we are cultured people. There, over the ocean… Daughter of Chris Draper from Detroit red wings is very original congratulated the father on the victory – iranisches in the Cup. “Eka wonder” – says the astute fans, remembering how gray in 1964, the son of a canadian legend Leonard “red” Kelly, who won the Stanley Cup eight times, during a photo shoot peed directly into the bowl.

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What was happening with the subject similar to the Champions League trophy during his visit to Ukraine in those moments when he remained out of sight of mere mortals, we can only guess. I hope not to the extremes reached – and cost champagne…

Eugene BELOZEROV, Sport-Express in Ukraine