Karpin announced his readiness to play the return match against the national team of Tajikistan in Russia

The head coach of the Russian national team, Valery Karpin, believes that in a friendly match against the Tajik team, the game was not equal, but the result is fair, and the specialist spoke about his readiness to hold a return match.

On Thursday, the teams of Russia and Tajikistan played 0-0 in Dushanbe.

– The game is not equal, the result is probably fair. If we talk about the quality of football, I liked the first half, in the second there was less control, the game started without a center of the field, especially the first 20 minutes.

– Can you tell me what level the national team of Tajikistan is? In which division of the League of Nations could you play?

– For example, the level of Cyprus.

Injury (goalkeeper Sergei) Pesyakov? I can’t say anything yet, he twisted his ankle a lot, you need to understand whether the ligaments are intact, sprained or there is a tear.

– Fans will criticize the national team?

– Of course. We played 10 times worse with Kyrgyzstan, but we won. We didn’t win today, everything is bad. Tomorrow we are moving to Uzbekistan, getting ready for the game.

– Would you like the return match with Tajikistan in Russia?

– Personally, I’m all for it. And about the plans – a question for the RFU.