Vietnamese national team goalkeeper Lev Dang shared his views on the reaction of his compatriots to the statements of Russian national team head coach Valery Karpin, who stated that he does not want to play with the Vietnamese national team. He wrote about this “Sports Express”.
Dang noted that the coach’s words hurt the Vietnamese people.
“But I understand as a professional footballer that their season has started and in the current situation the guys have to practically fly halfway around the world to play friendlies,” he said.
The goalkeeper stressed that the arrival of the Russian team is an important event for Vietnam. “The guys will not regret coming here anyway. I am 100% sure: when they visit here (some of them maybe for the first time), they will definitely like it. They will definitely fly here again for their holidays with their families,” Dang added.
Commenting on the matches played against Vietnam and Thailand, Karpin said, “there were worse options.”
“Do you think anyone from the RFU or the coaching staff would be keen to go to Vietnam? Everyone wants to play against stronger opposition and in Russia,” he said.
The Russian team will play Vietnam on May 5 and Thailand two days later. Both matches will be played at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.
Russian football coach Karpin is 55 years old and previously played as a midfielder. In 2021, he became the head coach of the Russian national team, and in 2022, the head coach of the Rostov club. He is also reported to be the author of the first goal in the post-Soviet history of the Russian national team.
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Source: Gazeta
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