“We had a conversation with Dziuba and he said that at the moment he was in suboptimal conditions and decided to concentrate on the games of the club,” the press service of the Russian national team quotes Karpin.
The coach answered the question of whether he is ready to call Dziuba back to the national team if he gets in shape for the November 2022 World Cup selection meetings.
“If the coaching staff thinks that Dziuba can help the national team, he will be called.
Actually, as it happened now, when Artyom was on the extended list of players called up for the October games, ”Karpin said.
Recall that Dziuba was not called up for the September 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Croatia, Cyprus and Malta.
Earlier, the head coach of the Russian national team, Valery Karpin, commented on Dziuba's getting into the expanded composition of the national team for the games of the 2022 World Cup matches with Slovenia and Slovakia.