“I will not compare whether it is better now or worse than under Cherchesov.
It would be unethical.
The Russian national team has a new team, a lot of things are worn down: leaders, game models.
If we want to focus on the positive, we can find it even in terms of play aesthetics.
It can be seen that the coach understands what model of play this or that footballer will look better.
The holes that arose in the three central defenders of Cyprus are the merit of Smolov and the coaching staff, who calculated the options in which certain situations would be realized, "Slutsky said in" Comments.Show ".
Karpin headed the Russian national team in August 2021, replacing Stanislav Cherchesov in this post.
Under his leadership, the national team of the country played two matches: with Croatia (0: 0) and Cyprus (2: 0).
Earlier, Karpin said that in the current Russian team he would be a snag.