An interesting phenomenon in world sports. Despite the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to admit the Russian national team to international competitions, federations of several countries declare that they will not play Russia under any circumstances. In this context, the transformation that Europe has undergone in the last 60 years is strange. In 1968, we remember, the Soviet Union sent troops to Czechoslovakia, interfering in the internal political processes of this country, which threatened to seriously split the socialist bloc. This decision can be discussed separately sometime closer to the anniversary of the events, but for now we are talking about sports. The national hockey team of Czechoslovakia at that time was one of the main rivals of the Soviet Union in the world championships, and now it occupies (taking into account the achievements of the Czech team, which is unofficially considered its successor) the third place in the ranking of the most described hockey teams after Canada and the Soviet Union/Russia. Did the Czechs refuse to play the Soviet team afterwards? yes now On the contrary, they began to give their all in every game where fate brought them together with ours, just as it was better to defend their homeland against the Germans in 1938-39. With slogans in the stands: "You hit us with tanks, we hit you with pucks." Sticky, unpleasant defense, tough goalkeepers and sharp and fast counterattacks - this was and remains the Czech team, and the hockey with it was always on the edge, until the final whistle, until the last shares of the last seconds of each game. The Canadians are great, there's no doubt about that, but meeting them is just a hockey game, they skate by themselves and let others skate, but with the Czechs it's hard and backbreaking work. Are we complaining? not at all. This is a normal reaction, if you feel insulted, reward the offender instead of challenging him. And this confrontation became part of the great history of the great game, which, as we know, is played by real men. But what is happening now in the genre "You are bad and we will not play with you! " - this is infantilism.

An interesting phenomenon in world sports. Despite the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to admit the Russian national team to international competitions, federations of several countries declare that they will not play Russia under any circumstances. In this context, the transformation that Europe has undergone in the last 60 years is strange. In 1968, we remember, the Soviet Union sent troops to Czechoslovakia, interfering in the internal political processes of this country, which threatened to seriously split the socialist bloc. This decision can be discussed separately sometime closer to the anniversary of the events, but for now we are talking about sports. The national hockey team of Czechoslovakia at that time was one of the main rivals of the Soviet Union in the world championships, and now it occupies (taking into account the achievements of the Czech team, which is unofficially considered its successor) the third place in the ranking of the most described hockey teams after Canada and the Soviet Union/Russia. Did the Czechs refuse to play the Soviet team afterwards? yes now On the contrary, they began to give their all in every game where fate brought them together with ours, just as it was better to defend their homeland against the Germans in 1938-39. With slogans in the stands: "You hit us with tanks, we hit you with pucks." Sticky, unpleasant defense, tough goalkeepers and sharp and fast counterattacks - this was and remains the Czech team, and the hockey with it was always on the edge, until the final whistle, until the last shares of the last seconds of each game. The Canadians are great, there's no doubt about that, but meeting them is just a hockey game, they skate by themselves and let others skate, but with the Czechs it's hard and backbreaking work. Are we complaining? not at all. This is a normal reaction, if you feel insulted, reward the offender instead of challenging him. And this confrontation became part of the great history of the great game, which, as we know, is played by real men. But what is happening now in the genre "You are bad and we will not play with you! " - this is infantilism.