“We wanted to play at home with anyone, but they simply won’t come to us” – Karpin about the friendly matches of the Russian national team

Potential rivals of the Russian national team in friendly matches refuse to hold football matches in the country, said the team’s head coach Valery Karpin.

On November 17, the Russian team will play in Dushanbe with the team of Tajikistan, three days later they will play a control game with Uzbekistan in Tashkent.

– Why didn’t you manage to agree to play at home? Guys, do you take us for morons? And Alexander Valerievich (Dyukov, head of the RFU – ed.), and we wanted to play at home with anyone. But you know that they simply won’t come to us (due to logistics), ”the Match TV website quoted Karpin as saying.

Previously, negotiations were underway to hold control games against the national teams of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran in November, but both matches fell through. The leaders of the Bosnian team opposed the game with the Russian team.

– Did the match with Iran fall off? Yes, this is not a question for me, guys. Fell off and fell off. I am not interested. Resentment against the Bosnians? Did not take place and did not take place. In this situation, is it possible to be surprised at something? I’m not surprised.

Would you agree to move to Asia? What’s the other option? Wait? It is not known how long to wait – then let’s go to Asia, – said Karpin.