Kazakhstan Football Federation President Adilet Barmenkulov said that national team head coach Stanislav Cherchesov did not apologize for his remarks regarding the Kazakh language. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
“The Ethics Committee decided that there was no malicious intent in Salamovich’s words, but that they were beyond the scope of a joke and imposed a fine. He had no evil intentions; Why would he apologize? I will not apologize either,” said Barmenkulov.
After the Nations League match against Slovenia (0:1), a journalist wearing the PSG jersey asked Cherchesov a question in Kazakh. The Russian expert replied: “Do you speak French now?”
The Kazakhstan national team lost its third consecutive match in the Nations League. Before this there were defeats of Austria (0:4) and Slovenia (0:3). In the first round, the team drew 0:0 with Norway.
Cherchesov took over leadership of the Kazakhstan national team in June 2024. He replaced Magomed Adiev, who combined duties in the national team and Akhmat Grozny. Under his leadership, the Kazakhstan national team qualified for Group B of the League of Nations.
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