Former head coach of the Russian national team, Boris Ignatiev, expressed his sadness over the injuries of Italian Turin midfielder Alexei Miranchuk and French Monaco midfielder Alexander Golovin. Both were called up to the national team’s training camp, but could not come due to their injuries and will miss their friendlies with the national teams of Iran and Iraq. Ignatiev emphasized that the experience of playing in European championships is beneficial not only for the players themselves, but also for their teammates.
This is a huge loss, because these two players are highly qualified for our national team and considering that every training is the most important, every match is worth its weight in gold, it boils down to a different energy. Be in very good shape to get into the first team. They are fighting for a place. This expands the motivation, the sports spirit and of course gives you the opportunity to act more professionally. People like Golovin and Alexey Miranchuk are important to us today. It is very important for us that they come and show with their behavior how everything is out there – what our players are paying attention to. It’s been like this my whole life. They also deserve to be an authority in our team with their games, ”said Ignatiev socialbites.ca.
The Russian national team will play a friendly match with Iran on Thursday, March 23 in Tehran, the match will start at 20:00 Moscow time. And on March 26, St. Petersburg, the wards of Valery Karpin will host the Iraqi national team.
formerly Ignatiev declarationthat the fans missed the victories of the Russian team.