Russian national team players were able to quickly recover from the defeat of Belgium and won their first victory in the qualification of the 2020 European Championship. Wards of Stanislav Cherchesov, at a party, defeated the national team of Kazakhstan and took their first points. The guests sent four unanswered goals to the opponents' goal and extended the last game in a confrontation with an opponent to three meetings.

The main hero of the match was Denis Cheryshev. In the first half, the Valencia midfielder hit Dmitry Nepogodov's goal twice, and in the second half acted as an assistant. At the moment in his asset appear nine goals scored for the national team, and over the past seven games, he has distinguished himself seven times.

“I would like to say thanks for the game partners. If I score goals, for the most part it is their merit, because they give a good transfer. I try not to pay attention to my statistics in the national team. We need to move on, because there will be even more important matches ahead, ”Cheryseva quotes the Championship.

One of the main topics was artificial turf at the Astana Arena. It is no secret that this coating not only causes discomfort to the players, but is also quite traumatic. But, according to Cheryshev, he and his partners had the experience of playing on a similar field.

“A few years ago I was here with Villarreal.” As a child, I constantly played on such lawns, this is not new for me, or for all football players of the national team. Of course, it is difficult, but the team looked good. We are pleased that we won, ”noted the midfielder.

He also congratulated his team-mate Artem Dziuba, who was able to interrupt his 15-game goalless series. Cheryshev himself took direct part in this, noting an assist.

“A football player must not only score, but also do useful actions for the team. In addition to a goal scored, he gave me an assist pass. I am very happy for him, because we have an interesting bundle, ”concluded Cheryshev.

After this match in the asset Dziuba was 16 goals for the national team. The attacker bypassed Dmitry Sychev and came in sixth place in the history of the Russian team for this indicator. Valery Karpin and Andrei Arshavin outperform him by just one ball, while Alexander Kerzhakov leads (30). At the same time, Artyom himself noted not his achievement, but the performance of the partner.

“Today was plague Cheryshev. He scored and it became easier. Our bond with Denis always works. About his goalless series did not think. Everyone talks about it, but I'm calm. The main thing that we won. Distinguished - great, "- said the striker of" Zenith ".

According to Dziuba, a major victory over Kazakhstan became “a response to all skeptics who said that the Russian team plays anti-football and acts“ primitively ”. In addition, the captain of the Russian national team admitted that he did not consider it right to downplay the importance of success in the match with the team of Mikhail Bilek.

“In modern football there are no teams that can be easily won. Give me at least one such team, except for Gibraltar. If we lost, you would say that we are again ... (we were defeated). Everyone learned to play football. We did our job, we are not proud of it. But there is a tournament, you need to score points, ”concluded Dziuba.

In addition to Cheryshev and Dziuba, this match was special for Andrei Semenov. On March 24, the defender turned 30 years old. Footballer celebrated this holiday on the field and held the ninth meeting for the national team.

“I wanted to win, even turned off the phone to concentrate on the game. We have well dismantled Kazakhstan, knew their strengths and weaknesses. I will not say that this is a victory "in class". In the first half was work. When the third ball was scored, and the hosts lowered their hands, it became easier, ”Sport-Sport quotes Semyonov.

Midfielder Ilzat Akhmetov also admitted that the score does not reflect the degree of tension of the match.

“The game was not easy. Everything turned out that conceived. Very glad I won. This will give us confidence, ”Akhmetov said.

Russian midfielder Alexei Ionov also expressed discontent with the fact that he had to play on artificial turf.

“A hard field, a closed stadium, so it's hard to breathe. But we had a training, a little used to it. The score could be more, we realize the moments that were. We created a lot. The mood in the dressing room is good, congratulated everyone on the victory, ”said the Rostov midfielder.

After a crushing defeat, the hosts were not eager to answer questions from journalists. Only central defender Sergey Malyy came out to talk with media representatives. According to him, Kazakhstan footballers did not have enough strength for two consecutive important meetings - on March 21 they beat Scotland with a score of 3: 0.

“I think in the previous match we just had more strength. Therefore, concentration was better. The Russian national team was a favorite, and from the first minutes began to push. Somewhere we made mistakes, trimming, which led to scoring ", - quotes the words of Small Sports.kz.