Former Russian national team player Pavel Pogrebnyak said that he did not understand the barrage of criticism against former CSKA defender Vasily Berezutsky, who said that Russian players should go abroad to develop. Pogrebnyak is quoted as saying Metatations.
“I think he meant that we should leave only from a sporting point of view. As a patriot, you cannot go anywhere and enjoy what you have, but athletes are people who need to develop. Football players abroad gain experience that will affect the performance of the national team. I did not understand this barrage of criticism,” Pogrebnyak said.
In an interview with journalist Nobel Arustamyan, Vasily Berezutsky said: “If you really want to play at a high level and achieve something, then you need to leave now 100%. “It doesn’t matter which country it is, it doesn’t matter which flag it’s under, it doesn’t matter how it happens.”
From 2002 to 2018 he defended the colors of CSKA Moscow. With the Army team, he became the Russian champion six times, won the National Cup seven times and the UEFA Cup once. He announced his retirement in 2018.
Previously Alexey Berezutsky for the first time spoke about his brother’s scandalous interview.