The ex-player of Manchester United and the Russian national team Andrey Kanchelskis, in an interview with Match TV, said that the Russian national team was “pulled by the ears” at the home 2018 FIFA World Cup.

– Don’t you think that after the ¼ finals of the World Cup it was worth changing the rhetoric a little and supporting Cherchesov?

– Why support? For buying everything at the World Cup? All games have been purchased. What, you don’t know about it? (this evaluative opinion is the personal point of view of Andrey Kanchelskis and is not confirmed by Match TV sources)

We played the home championship of the world. The same as Korea and Japan, when they killed the Italians, carried them out altogether. So finish. Result [работы Черчесова] I was at the European Championship. This is the most important indicator. With grief in half, they won against the Finns, and if they got hit, then it would be a disaster.

At the World Cup we were pulled by the ears. Plus, who did we play with? With Uruguay, which carried us out. With the Spaniards, who played incomprehensibly. It was a very strange game. Believe me, over time, this foam will come out.

– Do you think this is possible at the level of the World Cup?

– Have you ever wondered why the coach of Spain is removed in one day? They put Hierro, who, regardless of the result, will work in the federation. Do you think the king of Spain just flew in? Guys, believe me, there is information – and all this will come out over time. You will learn a lot of interesting things.

Spain did not play, but suffered. They acted without a goal at all, because it is ugly to hit clearly higher. Here they rolled the ball. I didn’t play football, I don’t know what it is? Moreover, the information was specific. We have no contacts with Uruguay, they didn’t care – they came out and carried us out.

Andrey Kanchelskis / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Evgeny Biyatov

– Do you believe that players of the level of Iniesta and Ramos could feel in this?

– Well, listen, if the king of Spain openly hints to you, what will you answer him? So they will roll, not show initiative. Thinking: “Why the hell do I need this?”.

– Spain has a different mentality – it is unlikely that they also depend on the opinion of the leader of the country.

– Guys, I say again: you can believe, you can not. But the king of Spain came, there was a specific agreement.

Do you believe or know this version of events?

– I believe, and there is information from specific people, even football players. I won’t open up. I want it not to come from me, but from the players themselves. Sooner or later they will confess and tell. The time will come, and everything will be clearly stated,” Kanchelskis told Match TV.