SOVIET FOOTBALL TEAM'S WIN

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27203, 21 November 1953, Page 7

SOVIET FOOTBALL TEAM'S WIN

Dynamos Play In Denmark (Rec. 7 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, Nov. 19. Before the Copenhagen team played the famous Moscow Dynamos Association football team in Copenhagen today the Danish authorities had to borrow flags from the Danish Communist Party to decorate the ground. The Russians celebrated their 2-1 victory in the first match outside Russia since 1945 by dining with their opponents in on©' of Copenhagen’s best restaurants. The Russians, rigorously trained for the match, had declined all dinners and other social functions.

The match drew an attendance of 30,000. It is estimated that 100,000,000 Soviet football enthusiasts heard the second half of the play on their radios.

The crowd was puzzled when the Russian referee, Mr Viktor Arkhipof, sent the two teams off the field before the game began. The referee then marched to the centre of the field like an officer on parade, with two linesmen on either side. At the command of his whistle the Dynamos marched on again, followed by the Danish team. There was also great Parliamentary interest in the match. Several committees of the Folketing—the singlechamber Parliament—had to postpone their meetings because they could not get a quorum.

The referee presented the Danish players with small flags of the Dynamos’ colours after the match.