Former CSKA and USSR national football player Vladimir Ponomarev called the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin a traitor to his homeland for saying that domestic football players should leave the RPL for stronger championships. Ponomarev quotes the words “Match TV”.
“Karpin is a traitor to the Motherland! How can someone who works with the Russian national team say such things? He must be held accountable for this immediately. Let’s see how the RFU views this disgrace. This is a blatant statement and a real betrayal of the Motherland,” Ponomarev said.
On September 12, the Russian team drew with Qatar in a friendly match. 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.
After this match, the Russian national team players, who completed their September training camp, will return to their clubs shortly.
Former football manager Alexey Safonov statedThey do not want to see football players from Russia in Europe.