Slutsky on Karpin’s decision not to call older players to the national team: There’s a logic to that

Former Rubin Kazan coach Leonid Slutsky spoke about the decision of the Russian national team coach Valery Karpin not to call players over 30 to the national team.

“There is a logic in that, because the team has no official matches anymore, you can train the players. At the same time, there is always a high level of pressure on the national team coach,” he said. Youtube channel “Comment. Show”.

As part of the March training camp, the Russian team played two matches. First, the Russian national team struggled away with Iran, the match ended in a draw, both goals came from the penalty spot, and then St. Petersburg, they beat Iraq 2-0, Anton Miranchuk and Sergey Pinyaev scored.

Valery Karpin, former coach of the Russian national team declarationLokomotiv’s striker Artem Dzyuba would no longer be invited to the national team, not because of his age, but even for his football qualities.