"There is no football without injuries"

The Russian national football team continues to prepare for the European Championship and the friendly matches with Bulgaria and Poland, scheduled for June 1 and 5.

Forward Alexander Sobolev, who suffered an ankle injury and missed the previous lesson, began training in the general group, but then went to the gym.

Defender Mario Ferandes worked on an individual program, the rest of the players did not experience any health problems.

The day before, commenting on the presence of minor injuries in several wards at once, the head coach of the Russian national team Stanislav Cherchesov assured that the medical headquarters fully controls the condition of all athletes, so there is no need to fear that someone is not working at full strength.

“The season is long, in any case, there is not a single footballer without ailments, everyone has something to sip and ache.

We control this process, doctors report on their condition.

In order not to aggravate, in some cases we give a pause.

Fernandez has a sore groin, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow he will already start working.

And so, everything is in order.

There is no football without injuries, "the official website of the Football Union of Russia (RFU) quotes Cherchesov as saying.

Almost not a single training camp of the Russian team is complete without the appearance of Artyom Dziuba at the gate, and the current ones are no exception.

The striker again tried himself as a goalkeeper, trying to reflect the 11-meter strikes from Dmitry Barinov and Rifat Zhemaletdinov.

However, this time the “goalkeeper” was doing worse than usual, and after conceding several goals he blamed the lack of gloves for the failure.

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After the lesson, all the players and members of the coaching staff took part in the team photo session.

As ordered, the cloudy sky over the valley cleared and the sun came out.

On Friday, it became known the program of entertainment events that will await fans at the Dynamo stadium on the eve of the match with Bulgaria.

The meeting will be attended by the legendary representatives of both teams, and some of them will hold autograph sessions for everyone.

And before the starting whistle, the popular singer Philip Kirkorov will perform at the stadium, who will sing the anthem of the Russian Federation.

The artist urged fans to attend the match and personally support Cherchesov's wards before an important tournament.

“Soon our national football team will have to defend the honor of the country at the European Championship.

The opponents are very serious, which is only one of the best national teams in the world - the team of Belgium.

But I believe in our guys and I will support them in every possible way, ”Kirkorov said in a video message.

"At first it looked like a fairy tale"

Rubin defender Ilya Samoshnikov, who was first called up to the team before the qualifying matches of the 2022 World Cup, said he was ready to compete.

“I feel better than at the training camp in Sochi.

I'm getting used to it, getting used to it.

This is one of the most difficult training camps in his career.

At first it looked like a fairy tale, but now I already understand that I am just preparing for the Euro.

Ready for competition, it is clear that there is Yuri Valentinovich (Zhirkov. -

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), and Fedya Kudryashov, and Karavaev.

I spend a little more time with Denis Makarov, but the atmosphere is cool, so everyone communicates with each other, "Championship" quotes Samoshnikov.

He also compared training under the leadership of Cherchesov and Rubin's head coach Leonid Slutsky.

In his opinion, the atmosphere in the national team is more severe than in the club.

“But you get used to everything.

I talked with Slutsky before the call, he gave a couple of tips, said how to behave in order to be better.

Can I imagine that Leonid Viktorovich will scold me as he did with Zhirkov?

Yes, it happened once.

Maybe a little easier, but still ", - quotes the words of the footballer" Sport-Express ".

Like all players in the national team, Akhmat's defender Andrey Semyonov is looking forward to Euro 2020.

In his opinion, this tournament is more serious than the World Cup, since there are fewer weak teams at the Euro.

“Belgium has already been dismantled.

We looked at strong qualities, there are few weak ones.

We are preparing for a very high class in every position.

All national teams have weaknesses.

The coaching staff tells us what to do.

We will know the opponent up and down.

We study their last matches, adopt something from other teams.

We will proceed from this, ”Semyonov noted.

In addition, the defender touched upon the topic of his possible departure from Akhmat.

He emphasized that there is no conflict between him and the head coach of the team Andrei Talalaev, and all misunderstandings were promptly eliminated.

“Every transfer window around me is a rumor.

Wait and see.

As for the proposal of Krasnodar, we passed.

I would like to play in European competitions.

Conversations are going on.

It does not depend on me whether I go to Europe.

I would go to Turkey like Kudryashov.

I would go to a club with ambitions, ”he explained.

On the eve of the match of the youth championship "Akhmat" - "Lokomotiv" there was an incident.

There was a scuffle on the field, as a result of which several players were injured.

The defense attorney harshly condemned the incident.

“Of course, I saw a fight between Akhmat's youth team and Loko. This is unacceptable, this should not happen in football. Then the club's management will figure it out. One of the guys often plays as a base - Lechi Sadulayev. Probably boiling, but you can't behave like that. In training, he is an adequate and decent guy, ”Semyonov commented on the incident.