Sergey PogrebnyakSport correspondentAll materialsEmail the authorThe Russian national football team is back! Valery Karpin's team played for the first time in 10 months and made their debut after being suspended from international competitions. : 2
RussiaRussiaUnexpectedly weak first halfThe opponent of our team was the national team of Kyrgyzstan. Such a long downtime could not but affect the Karpin team. The starting line-up was very different from the memorable match against Croatia. Three debutants came out at once: Roman Yezhov and Alexander Kovalenko escalated the situation at the opponent's goal, and Sergei Borodin was entrusted with cementing the center of defense. Karpin confused all the fans and journalists with the choice of the captain. Previously, the one whom the coach brought to the press conference invariably came out with the captain's armband. On the eve of the meeting, Daniil Fomin went to talk to reporters. However, he entered the game without an armband, which went to Vyacheslav Karavaev. There was a fear that the recent suspension from the Euro 2024 draw would affect the mood of the team. However, Karpin's gang went on the attack from the first minutes. Russia tried to aggravate through quick flank counterattacks, but it was not possible to complete these runs with blows. The hosts waited out the starting pressure and began to delight the local public with their dangerous attacks. At first, the strikes of the Kyrgyz national team invariably took place near the bar. But such a solid advantage in this indicator over the Russians soon led to a logical result. In the middle of the first half, the hosts' player Alimordon Shukurov succeeded in a chic blow. The ball from the post flew into the goal of Matvey Safonov, who could not do anything in this case.The missed goal cheered up our team, which immediately rushed to recoup and earned a penalty. It was calmly realized by Alexander Sobolev, spreading the ball and the goalkeeper in different corners. But it was not possible to really start up and arrange a pile on the opponent's goal. The Russian team was not better than the opponent in the first half and logically went to the break without an advantage in the score. The experimental line-up and the long absence of matches can hardly be called an excuse for such a nondescript game with not the strongest opponent. The Rostov team saved Karpin In the second half, Karpin released a different line-up, replacing almost all field players. Club links appeared on the field, which were supposed to open the defense of the hosts. The defense began to play more collected, but there was no total advantage in the first half of the half. Daniil Utkin and Nikolai Komlichenko became the brightest players in Karpin's team. The Rostov guys understood each other perfectly, which resulted in several scoring chances. Nikolai never managed to realize two one-on-one appearances with the opponent's goalkeeper.
In the last 20 minutes, the Russians finally moved the game to the half of the field of the Kyrgyz national team. As a result, it was possible to put the squeeze on the opponent only at the very end of the meeting. The guys from Rostov created the moment again, whose bunch in the Karpin club rivets goals one by one. Only this time everything turned out differently — Komlichenko brought Utkin to a striking position, and he struck exactly at nine. The victory turned out to be everyday and hardly left a good impression on Russian fans. Such a long wait for the national team resulted in not the brightest match with a weak opponent. Uncertainty It is not very clear who will be the next opponent of the Russian team. Earlier in Bosnia they announced that they had agreed to hold a friendly meeting with our team on November 19 in St. Petersburg. However, after this announcement, all Bosnian leaders refused to participate in the meeting. And local football officials began to call for abandoning the idea. Among the possible rivals, the Iranian national team is also named. The Russian Football Union confirmed the negotiations. Although the matter has not yet reached an official agreement. The opinion of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.
