Valery Karpin: “At the World Cup, the teams of England and France surprised me. The Argentine team pulls matches due to the qualities of Messi

The head coach of the Russian national football team Valery Karpin said that at the World Cup he was surprised by the teams of France and England.

The French and the British on Saturday will hold a face-to-face match in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Qatar.

“I didn’t miss football at all. Yes, the World Cup is on, I’m watching something. I’m going to see Brazil-Croatia today.

I was surprised by two teams – France and England. I did not expect such a game from them. England did not look their best in the League of Nations. And in France, according to rumors, there were problems in the team. Troika at the World Cup? Brazil, France, and I won’t name the third one, it depends a lot on the nuances, Sport24 quotes Karpin.

On Friday, the Argentina national team will meet with the Netherlands team in the ¼ finals.

– Honestly, I can’t say what Argentina is doing and really like it. Yes, they pull out matches due to the individual qualities of Messi and individual players. But to say that this is a team that surprises – no, – said the specialist.

Karpin does not believe that the Spanish national team, which was eliminated at the 1/8 final stage, is in a crisis situation.

– If we talk about this World Cup, then all the matches of Spain merge – they have almost 80% possession of the ball, but without creating chances, without advancing. I think this is overkill. Yes, style is good. But a style that does not bring results, and still does not deviate from it …

Perhaps something needs to be changed. For starters, they changed the coach. The most important thing is always that if there are players, then something can be molded from them. If there were no players, then we could talk about the crisis. But there are players, and really good ones.

It is wrong to say that only Luis Enrique is to blame. Everywhere – both in the national team and in clubs – the same thing happens: if there is no result, they remove the coach, especially in clubs. It is clear that with poor results, the responsibility lies with the coach, said Karpin.

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