What are the Russians snooping about?

   Smelled briefly by the hand - and back to the square. Russia's Kutepow before the beginning of the second half

Fischt Stadium in Sochi, 21.01 clock: When Russia's players come back from the cabin shortly before the second half, many TV viewers wondered: What are they doing there?

Alexander Golovin (22) and Co. kept shaking hands over his nose. As if they inhaled something.

    Golovin sniffs on the way back to the pitch

Already in the sensational victory in the World Cup final against Spain (5: 4 n.E.) Similar actions were noticed. The players have therefore held in ammonia soaked cotton under the nose, said a spokesman for the Russian Federation then the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".

According to the National Anti-Doping Agency, the chemical combination of nitrogen and hydrogen should "stimulate and focus in the short-term".

In addition, increased respiratory stimulation should be triggered, so that the oxygen supply is improved.
In this aspect, one of the host's surprising successes is more Spanish than ever before.

The fact is: the use of ammonia is not prohibited. It is absurd that Russians pretend that they are as common as shampooing while showering.

Especially against the background that footballers should have benefited from years of state doping of Russians ...