Midfielder of the Russian national team and Monaco Alexander Golovin talked about a meeting with his former teammate, Spaniard Cesc Fabregas, after the national team was suspended from participation in the play-offs of the 2022 World Cup.
“Cesc said, ‘Try not to think, just work. It’s clear that the national team games are the most important because you play for the country. There is only one way out – keep working and sooner or later everything will be fine. If we hadn’t lost to the Croatians, we had gone to the World Cup and it would have been even more offensive if we had already been removed from the final tournament, ”said Golovin “Sport-Express”.
Recall that the Russian national team could not play in the play-off against Poland due to the suspension, and on May 2 it became known about the decision of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to exclude the national team from the League. Nations and Russian clubs from European competitions in 2022 season / 2023.
In September, the Russian team will play a friendly match with Kyrgyzstan. The meeting will be held in Bishkek on September 24. Alexander Golovin was not included in the expanded list of Valery Karpin for the September training camp.
It was previously reported that UEFA has not made a final decision on the right of the Russian team to participate in Euro 2024..