In the past, the famous Russian football player, former goal scorer of the Russian national team Dmitry Bulykin, commented on the decision of the Moscow Dynamo striker Fedor Smolov to stop playing in the national team.
“I guess I just wanted to focus on the club. He still has one of his last contracts, you have to play now. And he got married recently. Maybe because of all this the club decided to focus on his career,” he said.
The 33-year-old Smolov made 45 appearances for the Russian national team, scoring 16 goals in these matches. The forward made appearances at the 2016 European Championship, the 2017 Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup, where he scored a converted penalty against Spain in the post-match round of 16, but failed to score in the Croatian penalty. Clashes in the quarterfinals, accepted by the Russian national team.
Valery Karpin, former head coach of Rostov and the Russian national team commented information about a possible appointment to the capital Dynamo.