“I want to thank Stanislav Cherchesov and the entire coaching staff of the Russian national football team for five years of work.
We all remember the team's successful performance at the 2018 home world championship - then the whole country was proud of the game of Russian footballers.
But now it is obvious to everyone that the moment has come when Russian football needs changes, ”Matytsin quotes“ Match TV ”.
He noted that it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the problems that have accumulated in Russian football in order for the Russian national team to become strong.
“We need to carefully analyze the entire system of work: personnel training, principles and amounts of financing in football, the limit on legionnaires, the work of the system of youth sports, the institute of national teams, interaction with professional clubs.
It is necessary to formulate a set of measures to create an effective national system for the development of football, where the national team is one of the main links, ”added the Minister of Sports.
Stanislav Cherchesov led the Russian national team from 2016 to 2021.
At the 2018 World Cup, the team under his leadership reached the quarterfinals, and at Euro 2020 failed to overcome the group stage.
Earlier it was reported that Dmitry Chernyshenko called Cherchesov's dismissal an absolutely justified and logical decision.