Baturenko: if Russia plays with Tajikistan as with the Kyrgyz, nothing will work out
Baturenko: if Russia plays with Tajikistan as with the Kyrgyz, nothing will work out
Ex-football player of the national team of Uzbekistan Yuri Baturenkoduring his coaching career, he worked as an assistant to Yuri Semin at Lokomotiv and other clubs, spoke about the upcoming friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Tajikistan.
“For Russia, any match is needed now. For example, from a position not to forget how to communicate with a friend with a friend – at least for the sake of this game. For Tajikistan, this is a big irritant. Tajik footballers play at a good level in the leagues. It will be very interesting for them to hold a friendly match. I don’t think there will be an opportunity to play with European teams that often. For them, this is a huge undertaking.
So the Russian team sweat cars. The fact that the Russians will play like with the Kyrgyz, half-heartedly, nothing will come of it. Will have to show up. Valery Karpin is a maximalist. It will be very serious. We need to get together and play any match that is possible at the moment. I understand our players that the wrong one will set it up, but Karpin will set it up for any game! He is a top-level professional,” Baturenko said to Sport24.
On the eve of the Russian Football Union officially announced that the national team of Russia meets in a friendly match with Tajikistan. Valery Karpin’s team will play away in Dushanbe on November 17. The match starts at 18:00 Moscow time.
In September 2022, the Russian team played a friendly game in Bishkek with the Kyrgyz national team. At the 24th minute, the opponent took the lead (he called himself a goal by the attacking midfielder of the Belarusian “Neman” Alimardon Shukurov), but soon Daniil Fomin earned a penalty, which was converted by Alexander Sobolev. And in the 89th minute Daniil Utkin scored the winning goal.
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