Oleg Matytsin suddenly attacked the head coach of the Russian national football team Valery Karpin with accusations of indifference to work as a mentor of the national team. The Minister of Sports of Russia did not like the words of the coach at one of the last press conferences. It looks like a scandal is brewing.
Sharp reaction of the minister. What did Karpin do wrong?
Karpin led the Russian national team in the summer of 2021 and could well lead our team to the World Cup in Qatar. Then there was the suspension of Russian athletes, under which football players predictably fell. Some hotheads even doubted that the Russian national football team was needed at all in the current conditions. After all, since there is nowhere to play, then why even keep the players and the coaching staff, they said.One could understand Karpin, if he wished to focus on work in Rostov, where things are going very well. However, the coach did not abandon the national team at the worst moment in its history and continued to do his best, given the circumstances. It is clear that the matches with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, to put it mildly, are not an ideal option for the development of the national team. But they will also pass for a platform for building a new team and watching young football players.Karpin stressed that in the current situation he sees no point in calling players over 30 years old. A logical thought that for some reason raised questions from experts and the media. And before the match with Iraq, Valery Georgievich said at a press conference that he did not hold on to his place and did not see a problem in a possible dismissal from the national team. And literally the next day, for these words, he was attacked by the Minister of Sports of Russia Oleg Matytsin, who, during a working trip to China, found time for Russian football.
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«The expression of indifference in sports is a road to nowhere. Therefore, we must clearly define: you are with us — the team, the fans, Russia, or you are on your own. The head coach of the Russian national football team is not just the face of the team, it is the face of the country. The coach teaches schemes and tactics of the game, discipline, but most importantly — is the authority and role model of decent behavior. Every spoken word gives the appropriate attitude to athletes and millions of Russian fans. So that athletes proudly go to every match and give their best for the Russian flag, «- quotes the words Matytsyn press service of the Ministry of Sports.
Let Karpin work
On paper, Matytsin's statement seems to be quite logical. It is only strange that the minister does not know the specific character and charisma of Karpin, who was never shy in expressions and said what he thinks. Yes, his words can sound rude from the outside, especially without understanding the context. But Matytsin should know who Karpin is and what his manner of communication is. The former president of the RFU, Vyacheslav Koloskov, and the ex-owner of the Moscow Spartak, Andrey Chervichenko, came to the defense of the coach. for the «armchair». They have such a fate: today they have work, and tomorrow they don't. I can't imagine how people can perceive such information. I think Karpin said everything correctly, «Koloskov said Sport.
“Matytsin didn’t do anything like that in his post. We perform without a flag and an anthem, or we don’t perform at all. There was nothing that he could take credit for himself. Unlike Karpin. Therefore, you should not dwell on such words. Perhaps «, there is some intent in this, since they started to disperse the topic earlier. The fact that the statement was made on the day of the match indirectly confirms this. Maybe they want to return Stanislav Cherchesov, who is not doing so well in Hungary? As for me, the national team is now exists only to show that it is alive. It is impossible to force the players to give all the best, to run in such conditions. In this situation, Karpin does his best,» Chervichenko said.
It's hard to disagree with the last phrase of the former owner «Spartacus». The result in friendly matches has never been important, especially now, when Karpin is building a team for the future, realizing that neither tomorrow nor the day after tomorrow we will not be returned to world football. Such a process requires patience, so it would be naive to believe that the national team will immediately give out an extravaganza on the football field. You just need to let Karpin work.