Evgeniy Lovchev, former football player of Spartak Moscow and the USSR national team telegram channel He criticized the national team’s performance in the friendly match against Qatar.
“The team that played against us was diligent but nothing more. It was obvious that we were no better than them. Finally, when the fire started to burn, we came to life and scored the goal, and they played for it.
Two equal teams played. As Karpin said after one game, the game was even, take care of the rest yourself. It was Karpin who talked about such games, not me. The mentality that we have to beat teams like Qatar has disappeared.
We certainly did not glorify the country with these matches. We need to demand it from the players and the coach. You represent the country, the result is always important. There is no need to play like this in the national team.
We are playing badly, we need to talk about it – and if we were playing in the World Cup Asian qualifiers now, the risks of not qualifying for the tournament would be exactly the same as in the European confederation,” Lovchev wrote.
The meeting ended with a score of 1:1. The goal of the second half was opened by Ahmed Alaa, the 30-year-old striker of the Abu Cairo Samad club. Following the corner, 26-year-old Samara Krylya Sovetov defender Alexander Soldatenkov scored the return goal in the 90th minute.
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After this match, the Russian national team players, who completed their September training camp, will return to their clubs shortly.
Previously Karpin saidThings he likes about the national team training camp.