Former Zenit footballer Alexei Gasilin, the Russian team’s March collection of a large football player in the list of St. Petersburg team Douglas Santos’un critically reacted to the Brazilian player. His words lead “Soviet sports”.
“Let’s see, so it’s very interesting, but globally, of course, I’m against the citizenship of the players. There is more than 140 million country, we must develop our academies, educate our players and try to naturalize others. ”
At the same time, the football player was previously included in the expanded list of the Brazilian national team, but did not enter the last application.
On March 25, the Russians will have a friendly match against Zambia. Douglas Santos had 24 matches this season and gave two assists.
On October 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave citizenship to Douglas Santos. St. Petersburg has been playing for Zenit since the summer of 2019. During the transition, he signed a contract for five years. In 2016, as part of the Brazilian national team, the defender Rio de Janeiro won the Olympic games.
Previously Valery Karpina criticized To include Douglas Santos in the expanded list of the Russian national team.
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Source: Gazeta
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