Russia 3-0 Slovakia, match review, UEFA Euro 2023 qualifying round, November 12, 2021, goal video
Did Karpin unhook him from the national team? Agalarov continues to score!
The goal of the Ufa striker helped the Russian youth team defeat Slovakia.
The best scorer of the Russian championship Hamid Agalarov continues to score like a machine. Today the 21-year-old striker has distinguished himself for the youth team. The statistics of the sniper of “Ufa” in the new season are amazed: 15 goals in 17 RPL matches and the qualifying round of Euro 2023!
Valery Karpin did not call Agalarov to the decisive matches of the 2022 World Cup qualification with Cyprus and Croatia. The decision of the head coach of the first team surprised. Hamid himself reacted to this situation adequately, saying in an interview for Match TV:
“I will not say that I was upset, because this is the choice of the coaching staff. If it’s better for the national team, then I’m all for it. I got into the youth team and will try to try the youth team. The main team is such a dream since childhood, which you strive for as soon as you started playing football. And you want to play for the main team. When you get there, there are other emotions than in the youth room. “
Nevertheless, in the match for the youth team with Slovakia, Agalarov was all right with his emotions and mood. Hamid worked very hard as a center forward in a 4-3-3 formation. In defense, he dropped to the Slovaks’ midfielder – captain Peter Pokorny from Real Sociedad. When attacking, he opened well, offered himself to serve and tried to play ahead of the curve whenever the ball was delivered to the opponent’s penalty area. In a couple of three chances, Agalarov was a little short of a goal, but in the 45th minute, with the score 1: 0, he achieved his goal. In general, the whole combination of the Russian national team turned out to be beautiful: Nail Umyarov, having shifted to the flank, cut out a gorgeous pass from the depths, Edgar Sevikyan made a discount, and the Ufa striker sent the ball into the net in a touch with his head. True, the Slovaks also played ugly in defense – the defender was left one against two.
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In general, the Russian national team controlled the game. This is proved by the statistics of strikes – 16: 6 (on target – 7: 0). The account was opened by Daniil Khlusevich, who will move from Arsenal to Spartak in winter. Great hit in the near corner with the transfer of the same Sevikyan. By the way, the future red-and-white rookie also looked very solid, like all the players in the attack group of our youth team. Before the break, the Slovaks had only played enough on a penalty kick, but, fortunately, the referee did not notice that the ball had hit Danila Prokhin’s hand. VAR does not work for youth national team matches.
Agalarov a little over an hour – then he was replaced by Konstantin Tyukavin. Obviously, the coach of our team, Mikhail Galaktionov, kept in mind that in four days Russia will play with Spain. Amazingly, one candidate for the first team (Tyukavin) sat down on the bench because another (Agalarov) returned to it. And it seems that Karpin hastened to refuse the services of the Ufa sniper. In this form, Hamid, perhaps, would be useful in Split.
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Tyukavin also took part in the goal of our youth team. Dynamo did not lose anything, the ball fell in the penalty area, but then he sorted out amazingly in the episode. After his cunning transfer, Timur Suleimanov could only not miss.
A very valuable victory! If the Russian national team does not compete with Spain for the first place and a direct hit at Euro 2023, then today it has removed the competitor in the fight for the second place.