For four days, the Russian national football team played two away friendlies (November 17 and 20) with the teams of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Valery Karpin’s wards, after the results of the Asian tour, returned to their homeland with two draws and no goals scored. But they didn’t let him into their gates, which means that all is not so bad. We ran.
There is no need to talk about the grit of the masters of the leather ball, because collectors are well aware that in the coming years they will not participate in the official tournaments of the continental and planetary championships. I will not talk about the causes of the tragedy that happened, namely the tragedy in human and professional terms. They are known to you.
The Russian team has been excommunicated on a national basis from the big family of world football for a significant period, and it is not known when the return will take place.
So now the national team is going exclusively on the principle “the patient is more likely to live”, the Europeans flatly refuse to play with us even for a decent cash prize, so we are looking for sparring partners in the vast expanses of the post-Soviet space .
And if the gate slams here too, then you can play with the Mordovian national team or with the ZabVO sports club.
About the match with the Tajikistan team on the “collective farm and killed” field can be mentioned only in the context of the injuries suffered, but the current duel with the Uzbeks deserves very interesting comments, which are posted on the Sport24 portal.
Honorary President of the RFU Vyacheslav Koloskov:
“Before the national team friendlies, you can only get a good night’s sleep. There is no fun in this type of game. But I don’t see anything critical in this. Now a new young team is being built, there are a lot of newcomers, that’s why the game is so unattractive.
If Karpin wanted to destroy Uzbekistan, he would have called other people to the team. But there is no such task. And in the future, these players will form the backbone of the Russian national team. They have to gain experience.”
Forward of the Russian national team Nikolai Komlichenko:
“I didn’t hear what Karpin said after the game, I was busy. I personally didn’t like that we scored zero goals in two games. Unsatisfactory. But it’s good that they played for the national team. These fees were reasonable. We must continue to gather the national team to come here.
Barinov question the attackers? Right. They (defenders and midfielders) played zero, but the forwards did not score, which meant questions to the forward line.
Now everyone has learned to play football. I don’t remember being easy on anyone.”
Former football player of the Russian national team, Uzbek Pakhtakor and Spartak Moscow Valery Kechinov:
“The result of the match suggests that the level of our league is rapidly going downhill. There are not enough European cups and official matches of our national team. Everything affects. This is where these games come from, where we can’t beat Tajikistan and Uzbekistan anymore, we barely won Kyrgyzstan.
Although almost the best footballers of our country have played for Uzbekistan, we haven’t scored a single goal in two games. We played badly. If we compare the two teams, I liked Uzbekistan more – the team is stronger.
The trip to Central Asia can be said to have proved unsuccessful. Switch to the Asian Football Confederation? If we have no alternatives, of course we will enter the Asian League. Because clubs and national teams need a place to play.”
Former player of the Russian national team and Manchester United Andrey Kanchelskis:
“We are hostages to the political situation. The World Cup is a celebration of football. It’s a pity that Russian fans were deprived of this holiday. Even deprived of the opportunity to compete to get there.
But it was very predictable. We have to be prepared that we won’t be allowed even in the 2026 World Cup. World football doesn’t give a damn about Russia’s absence, no one will even notice our absence.”
PS Today, November 20, at 19.00 Moscow time, the first match of the 2022 World Cup began. The host team from Qatar is playing with the team from Ecuador. The ball is round, the field is green, football is the game of billions. Let’s watch and enjoy.
