Krasnoyarsk football players will direct the money from the sale of tickets for the match with Kamaz to the monuments to veterans

All proceeds from the sale of tickets for the match “Yenisei – Kamaz” will be spent on the manufacture of monuments to two outstanding citizens of Krasnoyarsk. The information was published in the social networks of the Krasnoyarsk football club.

On May 6, the Krasnoyarsk “Yenisei” met with the Naberezhnye Chelny “Kamaz”. The Siberians won with a score of 2:1. Andrey Okladnikov brought such necessary points to the red-blue team.

As reported in the official public of the football club “Yenisei”, all the proceeds from the sale of a ticket for this match will be used to make monuments to two outstanding people – Veniamin Lukanin and Vera Vetsheva. Krasnoyarsk residents are the authors of a unique book about war and labor veterans “Our Twentieth Century. Roads of memory. Pages of the history of Krasnoyarsk sports.

Veniamin Grigoryevich Lukanin – front-line soldier, commander of a heavy tank. On account of his crew 38 destroyed “Tigers”, “Panthers” and many other tanks and self-propelled installations of the Nazis. Cavalier of the Orders of the Red Star, World War I degree, medals “For Courage”, “For the Defense of Stalingrad” and others. And also a football player, hockey player, coach of the Burevestnik hockey team. The initiator of the creation of the “Museum of Sports” and a monument to soldiers-athletes of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. His heart stopped beating on December 5, 2014.

Vera Vetsheva was only 13 years old when the war began. For her work in the rear, she was awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War.” She was fond of acrobatics, but chose a scientific path: she taught at the Siberian Institute of Technology for almost 35 years. Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. She was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. Passed away in November 2020.

Note that the Krasnoyarsk “Yenisei” beat “Kamaz” without Garanin, but with an injury to the captain. The red-blues approached the game of the 30th round with extreme caution: the results of past games left much to be desired, and on the eve of the match, the fans also sent a question to the acting governor’s live broadcast about the team’s prospects for the RPL. To which Mikhail Kotyukov answered positively, but with the condition of the club’s performance.

It was decided to stop the series of matches without victories in Krasnoyarsk. One of the management’s decisions was a “respite” for Yenisei’s mentor Vadim Garanin – he and his assistant were not seen on the bench today. But a newcomer to the Krasnoyarsk coaching staff was noticeable.

The head coach of FC Enisey Alexei Ivakhov commented on the past game as follows: “I knew that the team had hidden reserves. And today we got them. Our players are real heroes: they overcame everything and did their best for the common victory.”

The head coach of FC Kamaz Vladimir Klontsak noted: “The game was exciting. There were many losses from our side, so the ball did not hold – the hosts had the initiative. In the end, they could win back, but the goalkeeper saved the hosts.

Recall, the match between Yenisei and Baltika in Krasnoyarsk ended in scandal because of the “stinky bus”.