“The most important event for me this year is the game with Croatia,” Karpin is quoted as saying by Sport-Express.
Russia lost to Croatia (0: 1) in Split and missed the opportunity to directly make it to the final stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Now Karpin's team will play in the play-off tournament in March.
Earlier, the midfielder of "Rostov" Danila Glebov gave small details of the conversation with Karpin.