Former CSKA Moscow forward Valery Masalitin said in an interview with socialbites.ca that Kazakhstan lost to the Greek national team in the 2024 European Championship play-off round semi-final match due to lack of experience in performance. such matches.
According to him, psychology also played a role.
“Perhaps the players did not have enough experience, because such games do not happen very often, where you need to show your best here and now. Maybe someone got burned, someone, on the contrary, did not adapt enough and walked away. It is difficult to say anything here, because after four goals in the first half everything became clear , they collapsed psychologically.”
The play-off match played between Greece and Kazakhstan on March 21 ended with a score of 5-0 for the Greeks. For participation in the continental championship, Greece will compete with Georgia, which defeated Luxembourg at home in the semi-finals (2-0).
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. Since then the national team has played only friendly matches.
Previously Valery Karpin named The main problem of the Russian team.