Vladimir Zhirinovsky
The leader of the LDPR party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, in an interview with the YouTube channel “Soloviev LIVE” called the crushing defeat of the Russian national team from the Serbs in the match of the final round of the League of Nations as revenge on the head coach of the team Stanislav Cherchesov.
“Firstly, [Artyom] Dziuba was removed – the team took revenge on the coach for unjustly removing our main team captain. And the second is the state of mind of our citizens. People do not understand what we are fighting for, what we are doing, ”Zhirinovsky said. He considered that Russian footballers lacked the motivation to win, since the main incentive for them was money.
In the last match in their group in the League of Nations, the Russian national team was defeated by the Serbs with a score of 0: 5. The defeat did not allow the team to take first place in the group and break into the elite division of the tournament. In addition, Russia lost a place in the second pot in the selection draw for the 2022 World Cup.
Dziuba did not take part in the last League of Nations matches. Cherchesov did not call the player to the November matches due to the scandal with the forward's intimate video leaked to the network.
