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As journalists from across the globe prepare for the upcoming World Cup in Russia, a group in Argentine received a 'flirty manual' about wooing the ladies. (Courtesy of Nacho Catullo)
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Sports journalists planning to travel to the upcoming soccer World Cup in Russia were surprised to receive a “flirting manual” that included a section on “how to have a chance with a Russian girl.”
Journalist Nacho Catullo said on Twitter he was among the dozens of reporters and soccer officials who received the manual while attending a free course on Russian language and culture set up by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). It was there, he said, that they handed out the manual.
“The syle manual from the AFA on the world cup is very modern,” he wrote, sarcastically, in a post showing photos of the chapter on flirting.
The advice from the AFA was divided into eight sections that went straight to the point, telling journalists in the first section to “look clean, smell nice and dress well” in order to impress Russian “girls.”
“The first impression is very important for them, pay attention to your image,” the document said in Spanish.
High up in the document, the manual urges men to treat women as “something of worth.”
“Many men, because Russian women are beautiful, only want to take them home,” it continued. “Maybe they also want that, but they are people that want to feel important and unique.”
“Don’t ask stupid question about sex. For Russians, sex is something very private and not discussed in public.”
At the end, the manual said: “You will of course find girls that only pay attention to the material things, money, if you are attractive… Don’t worry, there are many beautiful women in Russia and not all are good for you. Be selective.”
Social media users expressed outrage and mocked the posts. Catullo posted the tweets while the course was still going on.
Alejandro Taraborelli, spokesman for the education department with the AFA, confirmed in a statement that the document was real and that once they were made of aware of the situation, they quickly “retrieved the material.”
“The teacher selected the information to give out to the attendees and, unfortunately, by an involuntary error, at the time of printing a text that was never part of the training was included,' said Taraborelli, adding that the subject does not reflect the beliefs held by the association.
The professor who gave the course, Eduardo Pennisi, told Argentinian newspaper Clarin that he sent the text to the AFA about a month ago, and it was approved and sent to print.
“I didn’t come from my house with the documents,” he said, adding that he downloaded the document from the internet because he thought it was “interesting.”
“Russian girls are very special, it’s all explained well there,” Pennisi, an attorney and Russian language professor, told Clarin. “The advice is very innocent, absolutely innocent.”
Local media reported the AFA has removed the controversial chapter from a blog on the internet.
The FIFA World Cup is schedule to start on June 14.
For all the talk of 2-3-3-2 formations, Argentina throwing caution to the wind and Diego Maradona promptly lambasting the proposed ‘1930s’ system, Jorge Sampaoli looks set to tread carefully for La Albiceleste’s World Cup opener against Iceland.
For the third consecutive day at their training centre in Bronnitsy, Sampaoli worked with an unchanged side that will see Javier Mascherano and Lucas Biglia start at the base of a very much ‘safety first’ midfield.
Of course given the top-heavy nature of Argentina’s squad it is still not what would be considered a solid, defensive unit but with winger Eduardo Salvio being converted into Sampaoli’s first choice right-back, the Benfica wide-player’s offensive output will be counterbalanced by Biglia and Mascherano holding.
Sampaoli has stressed the importance of his full-backs providing the width in his side and in selecting Salvio over Gabriel Mercado, that will be the plan down the right.
Maxi Meza, the Independiente midfielder and relative unknown factor for many outside Argentina, will start in front of Salvio and be one of those players looking to link midfield to attack but will take his position often from the spaces left from Lionel Messi’s roaming role.
This will allow Salvio to operate along the right in a way that perhaps Nicolás Tagliafico, on the opposite side, won’t be able to with quite the same freedom.
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Angel Di María keeping his place on the left, ahead of Cristian Pavón, will likely stay wider than Meza and so the impetus will not be on Tagliafico as much to overlap. The Ajax defender, a good reader of the game and strong in the tackle, can even slot in at centre-back and provides the type of structural flexibility that Sampaoli desires.
Mascherano and Biglia shielding the central defensive pairing of Nicolás Otamendi and Marcos Rojo did little to protect the Argentina goal in March’s 6-1 defeat and so Sampaoli knowing that Iceland will not offer the same type of threat will be hoping that his defence will not be exposed in the same way.
Ever Banega returned to full training on Wednesday but the Sevilla midfielder and Giovani Lo Celso, the two more creative midfield options, look likely to have wait their chance.
Some would argue that Sampaoli abandoned his cavalier instincts when selecting his squad, opting for a more familiar, conservative squad than the one many called for.
The Copa América-winning coach has his reasons for choosing this group and from the outside it is impossible to know better but aside from the decision to go with Salvio, it is undoubtedly a reserved Argentina starting eleven.
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With opinion divided and pessimism rampant back home, Sampaoli knows that defeat to Iceland would only intensify the pressure.