Valery Karpin, coach of the Russian national football team, before the match At the press conference before the Cuba match, Zenit St. He said he was saddened by the low number of Russians playing in St. Petersburg.
“Does it upset me that the flagship of Russian football has only two players? Sad. What to do about this? It is better to ask the flagship of Russian football. Very few Russians play there. Looks like they’re losing the competition. This question is not for me,” Karpin said.
Russian and Cuban national teams will face each other in Volgograd on November 20. The meeting will start at 19.30 Moscow time. This will be the national team’s fifth friendly match in 2023.
In the spring of 2022, the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) decided to suspend the participation of the Russian national team and all Russian clubs in all competitions controlled by these organizations. Starting from spring 2022, Russian clubs and the national team will play only friendly matches.
Earlier the former president of the RFU Vyacheslav Koloskov called propaganda The nature of the match between Russia and Cuba.
Source: Gazeta
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