The Russian national football team has begun preparations for its next match against Turkey in the group stage of the League of Nations.

The day after a friendly match with Sweden, which ended for Stanislav Cherchesov's charges with a 1: 2 defeat, they held a recovery training at the base in Novogorsk.

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The whole team started the lesson together, and then divided into groups depending on the playing time and the general condition of the players.

In total, 24 players took part in the training.

Among them was the defender of the Tula "Arsenal" Maxim Belyaev.

He was called up to the national team the night before to replace Giorgi Jikia, who, along with goalkeeper Marinato Guilherme, had a suspicious coronavirus test.

Belyaev's analysis for COVID-19 turned out to be negative, and he was able to join the work with the team.

After training, he talked about his first impressions after being called up to the Russian national team before two official matches.

“On the seventh, they called me and said that I need to get ready to come and take a coronavirus test.

I did everything quickly and arrived at the location of the national team yesterday evening.

I am very glad to see everyone, all the guys are familiar, the team is wonderful, ”admitted the 29-year-old defender.

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Belyaev could have played for the national team back in September, but then due to a small injury he was left without a call.

Now, by his own words, he is in good shape to play for the national team again a year later.

“I had a slight injury before the last call.

Unfortunately, then the injury prevented me from coming.

Now everything is fine, the functional state is excellent.

In the last three matches I played completely for the club, I am in good shape.

Now at the training session, it was clear that there was both physics and sharpness, ”Belyaev said.

The defender was not embarrassed that the national team lost in Sweden.

He is confident that the team showed a good game and will be able to continue to fight in the League of Nations with Turkey and Hungary.

“I couldn't fully watch the game with the Swedes, because I was on the way from Tula to Moscow, the connection was constantly lost.

Moments I could see.

In general, we played well, besides, the line-up was experimental, with different combinations.

Everything, except the result, was good.

In the League of Nations we have a strong group, all the opponents are worthy, they know how to play attacking football.

But our team, as the last two official matches have shown, can play with these teams, take points.

The same should be done in the next two games, ”said the footballer.

For the Russian national team, Belyaev has played only one match so far.

Last year he played 90 minutes against San Marino.

Now he will have chances to enter the field, since apart from Dzhikia, Cherchesov can hardly count on Andrei Semyonov, who is worried about microtrauma.

The head coach himself told about this the day after the game with Sweden.

“Belyaev's challenge is not connected with the game of Ilya Kutepov.

Firstly, he played better in the first half than in the second, but he got tired.

It affects that he plays little.

We called Belyaev, because we lack one player, because Semyonov has a microtrauma, although he is already training.

At the next game, Jikia and Guilherme will definitely not be, because we passed the tests today.

Since they did not give up, they cannot help the team in the game with Turkey, "Cherchesov said in an interview with Match TV.

The coach of the national team also noted that he puts the Turkish national team higher than the Hungarian one, since earlier Shenol Gunesh's wards drew with Germany.

Nevertheless, Cherchesov sets the task for his team to score only six points.

“From the point of view of an attacking game, it seems to me that the Turkish national team looks preferable to the Hungarians.

In the near future we will analyze their test match against Germany in order to understand how to play and act ourselves.

We have a lot of work to do, because the goal is to win two matches, ”said the coach.

Midfielder Yuri Gazinsky also spoke about the Turkish team.

According to him, the match at the VTB Arena in Moscow will not be easy, since Turkey is strong with players with good technique, and the draw with Germany with a score of 3: 3 in a recent friendly game confirms this.

“I haven't watched the match between Turkey and Germany, I only know the result.

He says that our opponent is a very high level team.

We had to meet with him several times, and my debut fell on the Turkish national team.

It is a technical team with trained and qualified footballers.

A serious rival and a very difficult game await us, ”Gazinsky believes.

On October 10, the Russian national team will hold another training session in Novogorsk, and the next day they will try to win a third consecutive victory in the League of Nations.

This result will allow Cherchesov's wards to maintain the leadership in the group.