"Two ridiculous goals ruined everything": what they said after the defeat of the Russian national team from Sweden in a friendly match

The defeat from the Swedish national team in a friendly match caused negative emotions among the Russian players.

Perhaps, only the forward of "Spartak" Alexander Sobolev, who scored the ball in his debut meeting for the national team, had a reason to rejoice.

After the final whistle, he found it difficult to answer the question of why Stanislav Cherchesov's charges spent two different halves.

“We will analyze our game.

At some moments we acted very well, found promising approaches to the goal.

But we conceded two ridiculous goals.

They ruined everything.

The second turned out to be especially offensive, after the ricochet, "Sobolev said on the air of the Match Premier TV channel.

At the same time, the young striker, answering the question about the friendly nature of the meeting, stressed that the players of the national team do not divide matches according to this principle.

“We always want to win.

I don't know if my goal increases the chance of getting into the main team in the next match.

This is for the coach to decide.

One game means nothing.

We need to prove further.

We have already talked with partners in the dressing room.

Artyom Dzyuba congratulated me on my first goal, ”Sobolev added.

In turn, the former captain of the Russian national team, Alexander Mostovoy, spoke about the game of the namesake and another debutant of the national team, Andrei Mostovoy.

According to the ex-Celta footballer, the Zenit midfielder has not yet reached his level.  

“Even before the game, they said that the match was experimental, friendly, some needed it, some didn't.

To be honest, I am not surprised either by the result or the course of the game.

I think no one will be upset.

This match is another reason to see some mistakes, but they have always been, are and will be.

Ironically, Andrei is still far from the real Mostovoy.

But, of course, one can and should congratulate him on his debut, "Mostovy TASS quotes.

But the former coach of the Russian national team, assistant to Guus Hiddink Alexander Borodyuk, on the contrary, urged Stanislav Cherchesov's wards to think after the defeat from Sweden.

The specialist recalled that very soon the national team will face two major UEFA Nations League meetings.

“If we talk about the game itself, the pace was not high.

That ours, that the Swedes have no one to single out.

The composition of the team was not optimal, but, nevertheless, any match of the national team is of great importance.

Perhaps, somewhere there were mistakes in mutual understanding, other players were present in the center of defense.

I hope the coaching staff will make certain conclusions after this meeting, and in the next matches, where the result will matter, ours will show a more meaningful game, ”Sport24 quotes Borodyuk as saying.

The coach also spoke about Sobolev's debut goal.

In his opinion, the ball in the first match in the Russian national team will give the young striker confidence.

In turn, another well-known expert Andrei Tikhonov emphasized the differences in the game between Sobolev and Dzyuba. 

“Artyom plays a lot with his back to the goal, keeps balls for the team.

Look how many attacks and good approaches were in the first half.

In the second, this was gone.

In addition, the players who left after the break had to understand that they were playing for the national team.

During your 45 minutes you have to give your best, and not walk, ”the expert summed up.

Valery Gazzayev, who also worked with the Russian national team in the past, emphasized that the team did not play their best match, and especially criticized the actions of Cherchesov's charges in the middle of the field and in the center of defense.

“I don’t think that the first goal broke the guys psychologically, it was a control match.

It was necessary to finish off the opponent in the first half of the first half.

Of course, the goal factor is of great importance, but this is a test match, the coaching staff invited people, let them all play, so no catastrophe happened, "Gazzaev TASS quotes.

And the former mentor of the youth national team of Russia Yevgeny Bushmanov drew attention to the fact that the two halves turned out to be completely different for the hosts.

“In the first, the Russian national team had a rather big advantage, but they failed to realize it.

We couldn't score.

We conceded a ball that did not follow from the logic of the game.

In this moment our players Soslan Dzhanaev and Ilya Kutepov made a mistake.

In the second half, it was noticeable that the players had a desire to level the score, the guys tried.

In my opinion, some game drawing has disappeared.

Well, the replacements did their job, ”he stated.

Finally, defender Denis Kolodin, who played for the national team in 2004-2010, is convinced that the result of the test match should not be given much importance.

“Nothing terrible happened.

We looked at the new players - Sobolev came out the same, scored.

This is a friendly match, you can play it at least 0:10, but see who is needed, who fits the scheme.

And when you shake for the result and look only at the scoreboard, the meaning of a friendly game is lost, "Sport-Express quotes Kolodin.