The general director of "Alania" publicly apologized for the conflict between the team and the fans.

The general director of the football club "Alania" from North Ossetia, Alan Lazarov, publicly apologized for the conflict between the players and staff of the team with the fans after the match in Kaluga. He called the incident unacceptable and promised that it would not happen again in the future.

A video of the public apology by the general director of FC "Alania" Alan Lazarov was published today by the Instagram*-public northossetia.

"Unfortunately, such an incident occurred, it does not reflect well on anyone and is considered absolutely unacceptable. There can be no excuses here. On behalf of the club, I would like to apologize to the football community of Ossetia, because we must still adhere to all rules of decency and communication. This should not happen, and I hope and will make every effort to ensure that it does not happen again. Therefore, these apologies should come first, regardless of the reason for their occurrence," said Lazarov.

The conflict began with a quarrel between the players and the fans over criticism of the coach, Lazarov explained. According to him, the players' desire to defend their coach indicates the relationships within the team, but he called the form of their reaction absolutely unacceptable.

The post about Lazarov's apologies was also published by the Instagram*-public chp___vladikavkaz, which has about 189 thousand followers. As of 11:45 AM Moscow time on September 5, this post received 65 likes and 37 comments.

Some users demanded personnel changes after the conflict. "He needs to be fired, such a person should not behave like that," believes rustamrubaev0286.

"Let him leave," wrote ketr860.

"The best apology is to leave "Alania," demanded user stb6137332023.

Other users pointed out the need to control emotions. "Emotions took over... Emotions should take over primarily on the football field during the game. And they had so much energy and emotions left after the game. It turns out they didn't give their all in the game..." believes zaegaelifurt.

"When any resident of Ossetia goes beyond Ossetia, he represents an entire nation and must control his behavior and emotions, regardless of who you are, a coach, an athlete, or a fan," stated ruslan.goloev.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that residents and guests of North Ossetia periodically make public apologies after high-profile incidents. For example, in June, participants of a wedding convoy and dances with Georgian flags in Vladikavkaz publicly apologized to the residents of North Ossetia and South Ossetia. In November 2025, singer Alexander Marshal publicly apologized after calls to cancel his concert in Vladikavkaz due to a program about the Ossetian-Ingush conflict.