Midfielder of the Russian national team Artem Karpukas shared his opinion on friendly matches with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
I can’t speak for others, only for myself. Matches with these teams are necessary because it is a great incentive to get into the Russian national team, the national team must exist.
Karpin showed clippings from the game of the Tajikistan national team. No special comments. There was no emphasis on pattern and play, we just watched how they move. The Russian national team should play alone, not starting from other teams.
Who would I like the Russian team to play with? I can not say. I want everything to go back to the way it was in terms of sport.
While qualifying for world Cup-2022 in Qatar, the Russian team showed that they can play with any team: in the matches against Slovakia and Slovenia we performed alone, we played quite well against Croatia.
