Former forward of Spartak, Krasnodar and the Russian national team Maxim Demenko talked about the defeat of the national team in a friendly match against the Egyptian Olympic team. In a statement to socialbites.ca, he expressed the opinion that the second Russian team was playing with the Egyptians, admitting that such a team should be revived in reality.
Based on such a match, this team should be called the ‘second Russian team’. I think Valery Karpin understands that this is the second team. Players are monitored and trained. But even if the guys play in the RPL and are the leaders of their teams, it should be “Russia-2”.
They showed good football at first. But they lost; After all, the Egyptian national team also has good players. Is this the U23 team? In general, our team could have been given the same name.
We had a second team, even I played there. Is this needed now? It would probably be better for me,” says Demenko.
The match played on September 11 resulted in a 1-2 defeat for the Russian team. On the 7th of the month, Russian football players played another match with this opponent and the match ended in a 1:1 draw.
As part of the autumn training camp, the Russian national team will play one more match against Qatar. The match will be played on September 12 at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah. The players’ starting whistle will blow at 18:15 Moscow time.
The second Russian national team existed on an unofficial level from 1993 to 2004; also in 1997 a team of Russian clubs competed in the Commonwealth Champions Cup. Officially, the second national team existed from August 2011 to October 2012 and was managed by Yuri Krasnozhan.
Previously a veteran of CSKA named Russia’s defeat in Egypt was truly shameful.