Karpin named his main task as the head coach of the Russian national team

“I would like to thank the Russian Football Union for their trust.

For both the player and the coach, the invitation to the national team is a great honor and high appraisal of his work.

For me, this is a new, very responsible and interesting stage in my coaching career.

Now the team is faced with the task of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

And we will make every effort to solve this problem, ”the press service of the Russian Football Union quotes Karpin as saying.

The 52-year-old specialist will combine work in the national team and in Rostov, which has been in charge since 2017.

Earlier it became known that Karpin was appointed head coach of the Russian national football team.