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MINNEAPOLIS -- After his missed extra point and blocked field goal again made him a subject of postgame intrigue following the Minnesota Vikings 22-16 overtime loss to the Detroit Lions?on Sunday, kicker Blair Walsh voiced his exasperation to the reporters at his locker.Its not that Im frustrated with you. Its just, you guys have got to understand, what do you want the answer to be? Walsh said. I want to be there for my team. Of course I want to make it. But come on. You guys ask the same questions every week -- Did you make it? Why didnt it go in? I mean, if I had the answer right away, Id tell you. Im confident in what Im doing. I know that Im going to be fine. But its tough right now.The kickers third-quarter extra point attempt ricocheted off the upright instead of tying the game at 10 in the third quarter, and Walsh had a 46-yard field goal attempt blocked in the fourth quarter with the Vikings down by a point. He has now missed three extra points this season, the most in the NFL. Walsh, who came into the game tied for 18th in the league in field goal percentage, has now made 12 of his 16 field goal attempts this season.Asked to explain what happened on the two misses, Walsh said, They didnt go in, man. I mean, you watched it. When asked if the extra point felt good coming off his foot, Walsh said, I mean, obviously not. It didnt go in, right? I mean, you guys are going to ask me this question a million times. Did it feel good? Did I make it? No, I didnt. Do I have to? Yes. Do I want to? Yes. I mean, if youve got something else, please. Seriously.Later, when asked what he saw on the field goal attempt that Tyrunn Walker blocked, Walsh said. I probably did not hit it well enough. I mean, you can never know until you watch film, but I probably did not hit it well enough, and did not get it over the line. So thats my fault, and I need to come through for my team there. When asked if the kick was too low, Walsh said, Its hard to tell, but that would be my guess.The Vikings were down by four when coach Mike Zimmer decided to go for it on fourth down from the Lions 5 midway through the fourth quarter. Zimmer said he felt like the Vikings offense continues to need confidence as they move forward, and while he said it did factor in that [Walsh] missed an extra point in there, he added, That really wasnt it. ... I was prepared to get a field goal, but it was so close that I figured [Id go for it]. Points for us are hard to come by -- at least they were in the beginning of the ballgame.The Vikings signed Walsh to a four-year contract extension in July 2015, but the kicker struggled at the beginning of the 2015 season before missing a 27-yard field goal attempt at the end of the Vikings NFC wild-card playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The team has continued to stand by Walsh, and players backed the kicker in the locker room Sunday. 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Until the ruble dropped sharply in value in 2014 against the backdrop of international sanctions and a low oil price, the same ruble budget was worth more than $1 billion, making it one of the most expensive soccer stadiums in history.St. Petersburg City Hall said in a statement that it is firing Transstroy, the general contractor, over the repeated delays and cost overruns. City Hall also said it has gone to the police because it has allocated $39 million for the construction which has been unaccounted for.Over the years the demands of general contractor Transstroy came down to three ideas: we wont be able to commission the stadium on time, give us more money and dont control us, Deputy Governor Igor Albin said in the statement. The general contractor has discredited itself by breaking its contract obligations and dragging its feet on crucial production and managerial decisions.Along with the missing money, the city hall says there are only 1,200 workers at the construction site, not 3,000 as the city thinks there needs to be to ccomplete the construction on time.ddddddddddddThe stadium was to be completed this year and used for the 2017 Confederations Cup.Vadim Tyulpanov, chairman of a Russian parliamentary commission overseeing the World Cup preparations, told Russian news agencies on Friday after a tour of the construction site that the city halls decision could mean that St. Petersburg would not be able to host the Confederations Cup as planned.Im not in a position to give advice to the city hall but I do think that replacing the general contractor six months before (the planned completion) is wrong, he said. If the stadium is not commissioned in December we wont be able to host the tournament in June.Tyulpanov said the stadium is 85 percent complete.State news agency Tass quoted City Hall spokesman Andrei Kibitov saying that the stadium will be built on time.We will fulfill all obligations for the construction on time, Kibitov said. St. Petersburg is getting ready to host the Confederations Cup, and the St. Petersburg government monitors this issue on a daily basis.Russian news agencies on Friday quoted Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying that he trusts the city government and would not interfere.The governor has given his guarantees, training and test events are scheduled, and the Confederations Cup is set to be held in St. Petersburg, Mutko said. ' ' '