The Russian media did not spare criticism after the match with Slovakia: It was a tragedy for both teams! – Športky.sk

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KAZAN – Responses of Russian media and football personalities to Russia’s victory over Slovakia (1: 0) in Friday’s match of the H-group of the World Cup 2022 qualification:

championat.ru: “The team led by Valerija Karpina had the ball 26 percent of the playing time. This is a negative record for the Russian team in the World Cup qualifiers.”

sportrbc.ru: “It was necessary to win with such a team composition. Coach Karpin did it. Now we have three important points in the fight for the ticket to Qatar.”

gazeta.ru: “They did it without leaders: Russia barely defeated Slovakia. Bad game, great result: own goal brought victory to Russia.”

iz.ru: “The State Duma described the match of the Russian national football team against Slovakia as slow. Representative Svishchev: the Russian national team looked lazy in the match with Slovakia.”

Andrej Aršavin, former national team striker: “The Slovaks surpassed us in the middle of the field, we could not get the ball. The opponent was faster, we did not prevail, but this match was paradoxical. The Slovaks deserved to win, but lost. It was not a match, but a tragedy. for Slovakia in terms of the result. “

Alexander Mostovoj, former representative midfielder: “Bad, very bad performance. It is clear to everyone that Slovakia crushed us. We have nothing to remember from the offensive, perhaps except for three counterattacks.”

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