Petersburg “Zenith” and the former captain of the Russian national team Andrey Arshavin commented on the game of the national team in the last friendly matches.
On March 23, Valery Karpin’s wards drew with Iran (1:1) in Tehran, and on March 26 St. Recall that in St. Petersburg they defeated Iraq (2:0).
“Now in the Russian team, they are all the same, not all the strongest. As we guessed, those who can play in official matches later play. It also hurts you when you’re not playing in Europe and competitive modes.
But even if the team is in a normal state, it is not a fact that he will go to Iran and play in a fascinating way. Nothing will happen until you start participating in competitive football, official matches.
You can talk a lot, but this will not be a litmus paper. It will just look like that. We negotiated conditionally with the Netherlands and we won 2-0. And what? Let’s say we have a crazy football level? But when it comes to numbers and seconds football, we will understand where our football is, ”says Arshavin sports24.
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.
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