“Pinyaev needs to prove in every game the importance and ability to match the Russian team” – Osinkin

The head coach of “Wings of the Soviets” Igor Osinkin reacted to the call of 18-year-old club midfielder Sergei Pinyaev to the Russian national team.

On Thursday, November 3, Pinyaev got into the extended squad of the national team for the November training camp.

Sergei is a smart guy. On the one hand, we want to be judged on merit. On the other hand, it is important that this does not affect other things. But we think everything will be fine. This is an advance, only an extended list. Now we have to prove in every game the importance and ability to match the national team. Now he has been showing a stable game for himself for two months, so he has room to progress. We think this challenge will be another point of growth for him.

Did you expect him to be called?

— Expected. I talked with Valery Georgievich Karpin: he called and asked about all the candidates, including those whom he called last time. Considering that not everyone made it to the list, it’s still nice that our guys get attention.

– Did Karpin explain why he didn’t call the same Kovalenko?

He didn’t explain it. But he shouldn’t talk about it. Valery Georgievich asked about the current state of the players. Probably, he and his staff look at the guys at the matches. In any case, we often see coaches at our games, RB Sport quotes Osinkin.

On November 17, the Russian team will play with Tajikistan in Dushanbe at the Central Republican Stadium. Match TV will show this game live at 18:00 Moscow time.