Valery Gladilin, the former head coach of the Russian youth team, summarized the friendly match between the main national team of Russia and the Iranian team. Drawing attention to the quality game of the Iranian team, the expert pointed out that it is difficult for Russian football players to resist these opponents.
“First of all, I would like to praise the Iranian national team: a very well prepared, organized and well-performing team. It was not easy for our guys, the opponent was qualified, motivated and functionally well prepared.
And the result itself and the quality of play of the Russian team, of course, leaves much to be desired. We lost the second half completely. There was still even play in the first half, something worked out relatively. But the second half was entirely for Iran. It’s good that we played a draw – they forgave us, ”said Gladilin socialbites.ca.
The friendly match played in Tehran between the national teams of Iran and Russia ended 1-1. Both goals came from penalties. Anton Miranchuk scored for the Russian team, Mehdi Taremi scored for Iran. On Sunday, March 26, St. The Russian team will host the Iraqi team in St. Petersburg.
Sergey Balakhnin, former coach of the Russian national team declarationThat it is difficult for the Russian team to offer something to Iran.