Belarusian Newspaper Vecherniy Mogilev in their issue No. 53 made a scathing review of 2018 World Cup. In their article "Reverend Fathers and Russian Orthodox Old Men About Football. The Rampage has begun" unnamed author criticized severely those who watch World Cup games.

'If Saint Vasily The New with great anger said that Christians watch horse racing, what would he have said about our time, when millions of Russian Orthodox Christians watch 22 strong men running up and down the pitch and do, actually speaking, a senseless job either at big stadiums or looking into the icon of devil [TV]", pressball.by quotes.

As a moral authority the author points at saints lives and clergymen's speeches. Their quotes are the only argument against football and those people who watch maches.

To crown it all author calls the readers 'not to fall for this game invented by devil in order to distract people from God and repentance.

Funnily on 13th June Vecherniy Mogilev published a whole page devoted to 2018 World Cup, including football calendar to follow the games.