Valery Masalitin, former football player of Spartak Moscow and CSKA, stated in his statement to socialbites.ca that the game of the Russian national team will not change if the head coach of the team, Valery Karpin, is fired and another specialist is appointed. to this position.
“There is no such thing as a fire in the national team after the draw with Kenya. There is observation, there are objective reasons, there are biased reasons. Why should we take five points from them? If our main squad had emerged, they too would have faced serious opposition. We adapted to their plan and pace, but we had to play our own plan.
Some patience is required, Moscow was not established immediately. Russia beat Cameroon 6-1 in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. And what? What a leap forward they made. We should have, but we’re marking time. For some reason, our football is very slow, we like to play games, let’s see what will happen, who will… While we watch, other teams are also taking big steps. The question is not directed at the coach. There will be no Karpin, it will be the same Cherkesov. Did you like football under Cherchesov? I didn’t like it either. Put another one, so what? Will there be other players? Of course not.
More patience and constructiveness so that criticism is positive. You can criticize, but what should you do? Suggest what to do, let’s do it instead,” said Masalitin.
In the October training camp, players led by Karpin played two matches against Cameroon (1:0) and Kenya (2:2).
Stanislav Cherchesov coached the Russian national team from 2016 to 2021. In the home World Cup, the Russian team, led by Cherchesov, managed to reach the quarter-finals, where they lost to the Croatian team and reached the final. In the 2020 European Championship, the Russian team failed to qualify for the play-offs and finished last in Group B after Belgium, Denmark and Finland.
Previously Evgeny Lovchev in the name Karpin admitted that he did not need the Russian team.