Former football player of St. Petersburg “Zenith” Vladimir Bystrov commented on the absence of Moscow “Locomotive” Artem Dziuba in the extended list of the Russian national team for the March training camp.
In the 18th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL), the striker scored a hat-trick in the winning match with Rostov (3: 1).
“Do we want to look forward or backward? If we are looking forward, we should not turn and take two steps back. We can call Dziuba, so what? The coach will have to rebuild the game for him.
There is a list of players that Karpin will not invite to official matches. But while there is time to take care of the youth, to form a new team, because somehow we will go back to the international arena and have to play.
There are young attackers doing their job. Moreover, Dziuba himself will not benefit from this challenge, he is no longer young, ”says Bystrov “Sport Express”.
Valery Karpin added five forwards to the expanded roster: Fedor Chalov of CSKA, Alexander Sobolev of Spartak Moscow, Vladimir Pisarsky of Krylya Sovetov of Samara, Konstantin Tyukavin of Dynamo Moscow and Nikolai Komlichenko of Rostov.
The Russian national team will meet on March 19 in Moscow.
Former coach Leonid Slutsky announced coach Valery Karpin’s refusal to invite Artem Dziuba to the March training camp.