State Duma deputy and Olympic speed skating champion Svetlana Zhurova called for friendly matches of the Russian national football team to be taken less seriously than matches in official tournaments. His words were quoted Metatations.
“All friendly matches must end in a draw, even if it is intentional. I really expected Cameroon to score and it was a draw. If this is the World Championship, we need to play to our full potential. Motivation is always low in friendly matches. You just need to respect each other. There is no need to take these so seriously.
In our case, it is generally good that we can keep them, there are countries ready to play with us,” said Zhurova.
On October 12, the Russians, led by Valery Karpin, beat the Cameroonian team with a score of 1:0. Fedor Chalov scored the only goal.
On October 16, the Russian team drew with Kenya with a score of 2:2. Alexander Sobolev and Ivan Oblyakov scored. The Russians could only equalize in the 89th minute of the match.
The Russian national team has not participated in international tournaments since the spring of 2022 and only organizes friendly matches.
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