Valery Karpin, head coach of the Russian national team, admitted that he was satisfied with the performance of his team in the second half in the match against Iraq.
“I’m happy with the second half today. We tried to play right in the first half, we have goalkeepers who can come out of defense and be used as options.
But in general, the task is not to score goals and keep the ball in our gates. That’s what they said in the first half: what to play and not to roll the goalkeeper at the first opportunity. Maybe that’s why the second half was different,” says Karpin. “Championship”.
On March 26, the Russian national team defeated Iraq in St. Petersburg 2-0. In the second half, the goals were scored by Anton Miranchuk and Sergey Pinyaev. In the last minute of the match, midfielder Daler Kuzyaev was sent off.
It is worth noting that this is the first win for the national team since September last year. Then the wards of Valery Karpin defeated the national team of Kyrgyzstan by a score of 2: 1. Goals were scored by Alexander Sobolev (from penalty) and Daniil Utkin.
The next opponent of the Russian national team is still unknown. The national team can take part in the Central Asian Football Federation (CAFA) championship in June.
It was previously reported that Russian national football team sets record for duration of “dry” winning streak.
Source: Gazeta
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