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Arshavin in hot water

AFP, Moscow
Russia's captain Andrei Arshavin faced calls to be dropped from the team Tuesday after he dismissed disappointment over its early Euro 2012 exit as a problem for the fans rather than the players.
The indiscreet exchange in an upscale hotel lobby that followed Russia's traumatic loss Saturday to Greece may now cost the supporters' darling not only his captaincy armband team but also the respect of legions of fans.
"I believe that a player like that does not deserve to be on the team," the Football Union of Russia honorary president Vyacheslav Koloskov told the Championat.com website.
"Those who come out on the pitch should remember that they are playing for the whole country," added Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko.
Controversy around Russia's most talis-manic player broke almost immediately after its failure to make it out of a group that besides Greece also included co-hosts Poland and the Czech Republic.
News reports said Russian lawmakers who were staying at the same five-star Le Meridien Bristol Warsaw hotel did not take the result lightly and made their sentiments known to the team.
"They accused the players of surrendering (Russia's) national interests, of having a lack of will, and of destroying the hopes of millions of fans,” the Sovetsky Sport daily wrote.
Cellphone footage of the altercation posted on the LifeNews.ru website showed several lawmakers grilling a relaxed and seemingly bored Arshavin about the squad's performance against Greece.
"What should we apologise for? What?" he demanded before repeating the word several times.
Lawmaker Anton Belyakov replied that the team "failed the expectations of millions of supporters” and should have said something after the loss.
"Whose expectations were these — yours or ours? If we did not fulfil your expectations, then honestly, these are your problems," Arshavin said while leaning back casually in an hotel lobby armchair.
Belyakov further accused some players of cursing fans who approached them at the locker room after the game — claims that appeared to be confirmed by website footage of a brief but heated exchange with supporters.
A statement on Arshavin's official website emphasised his comments did not apply to all fans but accused some Russians of being too quick to turn on the team when it is down.
"Let us assume that the player answered in a firm manner to those who reproached him," theArshavin.eu website wrote.
"So with that, we have to asked the following question: who were those words addressed to?To all fans? No, of course not."
But the statement never contested the validity of the tape or issued an apology.