“I’m not sure that after the hat-trick Karpin will call Dziuba to the national team because of personal relationships” – Balakhnin

The head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin is unlikely to call Lokomotiv striker Artem Dzyuba to the national team after a hat-trick against Rostov because of personal relationships, former Rostov coach Sergei Balakhnin told Euro-Futbol.Ru.

On Saturday, Lokomotiv beat Rostov 3-1 in the 18th round of the WORLD RPL, Dzyuba scored a hat-trick.

– Dziuba scored a hat-trick against Rostov and generally looks good in Lokomotiv. How do you explain this?

— His experience, skill. These are fundamental things, they come to the fore. Well, motivation, of course.

– Did he have a special mood for Rostov?

– No I do not think so. He basically has it. Well, he was good for the Rostovites. Although even more likely not for the team itself, but for Karpin. I think Dziuba was also offended by the talk that he had already been written off.

– Now Karpin will invite him to the national team?

– I’m not sure, because personal relationships influence. Gotta clean it up. Everything is in the hands of Dziuba, not even Karpin. If Artem constantly scores, and even a lot, then he will have to be called.

Lokomotiv scored 16 points and climbed to 13th place in the standings of the Russian Championship, Rostov (35) is in third place.

In the next round on March 11, the railway workers will meet in Grozny with Akhmat, the team of Valery Karpin will host PARI NN a day later.

Watch live broadcasts of MIR RPL matches on the Match TV federal channel and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.