"Smolov" - quotes Karpin "Sport-Express".
In the summer, Karpin replaced Stanislav Cherchesov as head coach of the Russian national team after the team's disastrous performance at the 2020 European Championship.
Under the leadership of Karpin, the Russian national team drew with Croatia and beat Cyprus (2: 0) and Malta (2: 0).
Smolov scored one goal and gave two assists in the 2022 World Cup qualifier.
Earlier, Karpin admitted that there was a conflict with Artyom Dzyuba.