You're lying, you're drunk, the Russians say. However, the Czechs and Slovaks stood up for the Czechs<

The players met at Calgary Airport about three hours before the scheduled departure.

"Our players went to buy souvenirs from Canada and some of the players called their families at home. On the contrary, we saw Russian players sitting in a bar, "said Otakar Černý, the Czech team's manager, in a press release.

"On the plane, we noticed that some members of the Russian team were clearly not following the hygiene rules, and alcohol probably played a role in that. Some of the passengers then complained about the Russians' behavior, and the crew therefore had the entire plane evacuated, "Černý described.

And it is against this claim that the Russians revolt.

"Representatives of the Czech national team have done much more," says the Russian Sport-express website.

"They carried alcohol with them and started celebrating the New Year in advance. He decided to supply a traditional frothy drink. Unfortunately, the flip side of Czech beer love rarely goes unnoticed, "he writes.

He goes on to refer to Swedish SVT reporter Maria Lehmann: "Representatives of the Russian and Czech national teams refused to wear veils, smoked and were drunk."

Lehmann was returning to Europe on the same plane as the three expeditions, but the published article by SVT, for which she works, does not say anything about the offenses of Czech players. On the contrary, it refers only to the Russians.

Specifically, the text states: "Several members of the Russian expedition were heavily intoxicated and refused to wear veils. The Czech players were completely innocent. The reason they were still eliminated was that the staff did not see the difference between the teams, because their clothes were almost identical. "

Nevertheless, the Russian media stands by.

"The information of the Czech side that ´ba teams were in the same gray sweatshirts and the stewards did not find out which of the team was wrong and therefore brought all of them out" is also not true. It took the airline an hour to find out who was to blame. At the same time, drunken individuals were in other teams, "says the article.

In it, Sport-express also embarks on a Finnish expedition. According to the Russians, she is not innocent either.

"According to our information, one of the members of the Finnish national team literally failed to sit still and fell on his side. Then he vomited on his own two feet, "he continues to blame.

The Finns responded, specifically for the MTV Uutiset television, the general manager of the national team, Kim Oikarinen.

"The Russian media claim is not true," he says, "two hours before landing in Frankfurt, the flight attendant came to thank me personally for having a great team full of professionals who can behave," Oikarinen continues.

The television station also informs that the Finns, along with the Russian and Czech expeditions, were also evacuated from the plane, but were the only ones to return to it.

Her information on why Air Canada made such a decision is in line with the statements of everyone except the Russian side.

"The Russian team drank, smoked cigarettes and had no respirators on his face. The Czech team was eliminated because it was wearing similar sweatshirts as the Russian team, which caused a misunderstanding, "he informs.

Tomáš Pšenka, a manager of the Slovak national team under the age of twenty, commented on the situation for hokej.cz. It was Pšenka and two other members of the team who provided transport of luggage and material back from Canada to Slovakia.

"Due to the full occupancy of the aircraft, the situation was confusing from the beginning. However, we did not feel and did not see that the Czech team would in any way violate the rules of the carrier and the established measures, "says Pšenka.

The last point of the whole affair is the accusation of cigarette smoking.

"One of the members of the Russian implementation team even smoked in the tunnel before boarding the plane," says Černý.

In addition, the Swedish media publish this person's identity. It was supposed to be the coach of the Russian team Sergei Zubov.

Zubov has been smoking since he was fourteen. As a player, he smoked during breaks and after matches. He tried several times to quit, but never completely overcame his addiction.

In addition, the Russian Sport-express portal writes about the coach's transgression: "Before departure, Zubov decided to pull his sleeve a few times on the way to the plane. The incident did not go unnoticed by the airport security. "

He was supposed to have an electronic cigarette up his sleeve, but Zubov denies everything.

"Come on, what cigarettes? I quit smoking three years ago, "Zubov tells Russian TV Match.