Former goalkeeper of the USSR national team and Spartak Anzor Kavazashvili criticized Valery Karpin’s decision to call midfielders Torino Alexei Miranchuk and Monaco Alexander Golovin into the national team.
“I immediately said that the men would not be motivated. What’s happening right now isn’t exactly a pretty story. This could have been avoided if Golovin and Miranchuk had not been included in the final list of the national team. I did not understand Karpin’s decision. It’s his fault.
Now that the Russian hostility is the strongest in Europe, no one will like it when our guys challenge the national team. This will only negatively affect their future careers. The call to the national team of Golovin and Miranchuk is nonsense, ”Kavazashvili quotes: “Rating bookmakers”.
It is worth noting that Miranchuk and Golovin did not take part in the matches of the Russian national team in 2022. During this time, Karpin tried to play with new young players, constantly mixing the roster.
Recall that in the spring of 2022 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.
Former representative of Alexander Golovin responded to accusations that the player did not want to join the Russian national team.