He was the legend of the USSR, hit Europe after a fraud, smashed Barcelona with Guardiola. Stories about Zygmantovich

He twice admitted to the best football player in Belarus. In the 80s, a midfielder Andrey Zygmantovich Along with Sergey Gotsmanov, Sergei Aleinikov and Alexander Metlitsky, he was one of the most striking football players of the Dynamo Minsk. In 1982, he took the USSR championship with the club, in 1983 he was awarded bronze, and in 1987 he was a step away from the victory in the country's Cup, losing to the Dynamo Kyiv series in the final of the penalty shootout. This Zygantovich was five times on the list of 33 best football players of the USSR, and after the collapse of the country he was recognized twice as a football player in Belarus. Andrei could equally successfully play in the position of a defender and midfielder, and also stood out with excellent physical data, endurance and intransigence in martial arts. In the history of the USSR national team Zygmantovich, he entered the gates of the Germany – thanks to his ball, the Soviet team interrupted a series without victories over the Germans, which lasted 29 years! Andrei distinguished himself in August 1985 in Luzhniki, scoring Fedor Cherenkov after the chic canopy. “I felt that Cherenkov would not have been gone,” Zygantovich recalled. – Expecting his program. He ran to the gate and thought: you need to keep up with the ball and hit. That's all seemed to be. ”Andrei moved to the“ Groningen ”from the Netherlands championship with the collapse of the country. Moreover, the deal turned out to be quite unusual and even strange. As the Dutch press wrote, the local entrepreneur affected the transition of Zygmantovich Albert Hendricks. He himself did not understand football, but thanks to the connections in Eastern Europe he turned the transfer, offering the player to the club. Hendricks explained that he was brought to Zygmantovich by a truck filled with horses for the foreman: “I had a relative in Russia, from whom I bought a truck full of horses for Pond. But they were not allowed to leave the country. “Igor Utkin, TASSS with the help of several foggy schemes, fake papers and cash bills Hendricks still managed to deliver horses to the Netherlands: “But all this took so much time and fuss. When that Russian called me and spoke about horses again, I tied up with this idea for a while. As a joke, he asked if he had players or something else like that. “After 14 days, Hendrix was called back and said that they found Zygmantovich. The entrepreneur contacted the football player and invited him to the Netherlands. While Andrei got to Groningen, Albert convinced the club’s leadership in the need for the transfer of the club, where one of the functionaries was Ronald’s father and Erwin Kumanov. “I said that I have a good Russian football player for them, who often played in the national team,” Hendrix said. – I myself really versed in football, but told them that they could take it for free. With subsequent sale, they would receive 10 percent. And with a transfer amount of over six million – half. I paid the salary to him myself. “Getty Images, a Belarusian football player lived in a hotel, but later settled in a separate house and transported his family from Minsk. In Groningen, Andrei ran into a language barrier that still did not stop him from opening in a new team. “He was a very calm but strong defender,” recalled the former partner of Zygmantovich on Goningen Martin Drant. – He never did bad things in defense and at times the ball at times looked flawless. Simply and, therefore, soundly. “With the Dutch club, Andrei played in the UEFA Cup, took fifth place in Eredivisi and was recognized as a player of the year. Despite the worthy result, according to the results of the season, Zygmantovich left Groningen and returned to his native Minsk Dynamo. But there, the stay was also short-lived. In 1993, the best football player in Belarus went to play Spain for Rasing from Santander. Zygmantovich immediately helped the club go out in the example, and later pretty much laughed with the players of the Russian national team – Dmitry Popov and Dmitry Radchenko. A truly cool team was formed in Racing, which could deliver a lot of problems with Spanish Grandes. When Zygmantovich, the team beat Real and Athletic from Bilbao, and in February 1995 he won one of the most vivid victories in history-the modest club from Santander defeated the Home Stadium El Surdinero with a account 5: 0 “Barcelona” Johan Kroff with Guardiola, Romario, Haji, Stoichov and Kuman in the composition! By the way, Dmitry Radchenko designed a double in this game. A year, in 1996, Zygmantovich ended a contract with Rasing. The football player did not dare to search for the new club and ended his career at the age of 33. In Spain, Andrei went to coaching courses and began working in the amateur team of San Agustin. Nevertheless, he was not enough there for a long time-in the early 2000s, Zygmantovich returned to his homeland and engaged in coaching in local clubs.