The Russian national football team, after a long break, finally gathered in Novogorsk.
The friendly match with the team of Kyrgyzstan scheduled for September 24, of course, does not matter in terms of the result.
However, it is important for athletes primarily from a psychological point of view.
As the head coach of the national team Valery Karpin noted, this is an opportunity to remind the world that "we exist."
After the tenth round of the national championship, the players gathered for two days at a base in the Moscow region.
So, CSKA players started recovery training on Sunday.
And the main topic of discussion was the injury of the defender of the army team Igor Diveev, who landed unsuccessfully and could not finish the match with Torpedo.
During the examination, he was diagnosed with a fracture of the tibia, the athlete will need at least three months to recover.
“A bad story.
He just jumped up, and after landing he felt that he had some kind of click in his leg, a crunch happened.
Of course, we all wish him health, ”the press service of the RFU quotes the words of another army man, Fedor Chalov.
“Glad to be on the team.
The main thing now is to work out without injuries.”
Instead of Diveev, the coaching staff of the national team called Danil Krugovoy to the team.
As the Zenit defender said, he found out about the invitation on the bus when, together with the blue-white-blue ones, he returned to St. Petersburg after the match with Dynamo.
“There were no plans yet.
After the call, I quickly jumped home, got ready and immediately went to Novogorsk.
I am very glad to be here, ”Krugovoi admitted.
It is not as easy for football players from southern cities to get to Novogorsk as for Petersburgers.
As the goalkeeper of "Krasnodar" Matvey Safonov said, he went by train to Sochi, and then - by plane to Moscow.
However, despite the long journey, everyone was glad to be at the training camp, because they were finally able to see and talk with colleagues.
However, for many, the call to the national team was the first in their careers.
This time there are 12 newcomers in the team at once.
Among them is 23-year-old Krylia Sovetov goalkeeper Ivan Lomaev.
At the first training sessions, he was especially focused and listened carefully to the instructions of the goalkeeping coach Vitaly Kafanov.
“I have a dream to play for the Russian national team at an official tournament.
Probably made a small step towards it.
Now you need to work and prove yourself in the national team, ”said the football player.
After a long break, Rostov striker Nikolai Komlichenko turned up in the national team.
He attributes his progress to returning to the club under Karpin.
“I didn’t call for a very long time - more than a year for sure.
The reasons?
I guess I wasn't in the best shape.
There were stronger players who played and scored, and there was no need for me.
Everything is logical here.
The rise began in the second half of last season, I associate it with the return of Valery Georgievich to Rostov.
The productive game was postponed to the beginning of this season, I hope to continue in the same spirit, ”Komlichenko promised.
Komlichenko will have to compete for a place in the main team, including with Spartak forward Alexander Sobolev, who has been regularly scoring for red and white lately.
At the same time, several goals turned out to be especially spectacular, for example, the last one was against Lokomotiv.
However, the player remains extremely modest and easily agrees with criticism.
“They say I’m non-technical?
Maybe it is.
It just turns out beautifully lately, ”he said, smiling.
The first training sessions, as usual, the team held in high spirits.
Two-sided cards were accompanied by humorous comments by Karpin.
So, the head coach sent Komlichenko to take a penalty, shouting to the goalkeeper: “Don’t be afraid, he still doesn’t know how to beat.”
In the hall, the mentor has traditionally checked the press of the players, and then he himself performed the exercises with them.
Representatives of the Medialiga also came to visit the players.
A video appeared on the Neklasiko Telegram channel in which 2Drots midfielder Daniil Krapivnikov and Lokomotiv defender Stanislav Magkeev compete in speed.
And this time, unlike the Cup of Russia, there were no surprises: the railwayman won.
At the same time, many experts do not see anything wrong with the fact that the national team played a full-fledged match with a club from the Medialiga.
As ex-Spartak midfielder Andrei Tikhonov noted, such a meeting could well gather 15,000 spectators.
“You can invite 2Drots or Amkal.
They look good... They love blogging teams, they have a lot of fans and you can see the guys from the national team, ”the RB Sport specialist quotes.
However, even in the first days of the collection, it was not without a fly in the ointment.
On Tuesday morning, it became known that Arsen Zakharyan was leaving Novogorsk.
The Dynamo midfielder was injured in the match with Zenit and will not be able to enter the field in Bishkek.
“Zakharyan received a blow to the lateral part of his left knee... This does not allow him to take part in the training process.
In the club, the medical staff will carry out rehabilitation measures for him, ”the press service of Muscovites told Sport-Express.
So in the near future, another player may appear at the training camp to replace Zakharyan.
The national team leaves for Kyrgyzstan on September 22.