Vladimir Zhirinovsky
The leader of the LDPR party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, called the crushing defeat of the Russian national football team from Serbia as revenge on the head coach of the national team Stanislav Cherchesov. The politician told about this in an interview with the YouTube channel “Soloviev LIVE”.
According to Zhirinovsky, the Russians decided to lose the match on purpose, as they were dissatisfied with the specialist's decision not to call captain Artem Dzyuba into the team. “The second is the state of mind of our citizens. People do not understand what we are fighting for, what we are doing, ”the politician said. He also felt that Russian footballers lack the motivation to win, since the main incentive for them was money.
In the last match in their group in the UEFA Nations League, the Russian national team lost to the Serbs with a score of 0: 5. The defeat deprived the team of the opportunity to take first place in the group and break into the elite division of the tournament. In addition, Russia lost its second pot spot in the 2022 World Cup qualifying draw.
Dziuba did not take part in the last League of Nations matches. Cherchesov did not summon the player to the November matches due to the scandal with the leaking of an intimate video of the forward.
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