Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova said that Russian football players have not pleased the fans since the 2018 domestic world championship, when the national team managed to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament, which lost to Croatia in penalty shootouts. Transmits words “RB Sports”.
“Football is a special sport in our country. There is no success there but everyone around him supports him in every possible way. And every time they go crazy because of the failures of the national team. The last time Russian football fans delighted was in 2018. Then – deterioration, ”said Tarasova.
Recall that the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Association of European Football Associations (UEFA) decided to exclude the Russian national team and all Russian clubs from participation in all competitions controlled by these organizations.
In 2022, the Russian national team played three friendly matches with the teams of Asia – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Valery Karpin’s wards played their last official match against Croatia in the 2022 World Cup qualifying tournament in November 2021 (0: 1).
Formerly four-time Olympic biathlon champion Alexander Tikhonov declarationwhich would have fired all Russian football players to work as port loaders.