Former CSKA football player Valery Masalitin appreciated the game of Lokomotiv midfielder Sergei Pinyaev in the national team in a friendly match with Iraq.

On Sunday, the Russian team beat the Iraqi team in St. Petersburg with a score of 2:0. Pinyaev scored in the second half and became the youngest goal scorer in the history of the Russian team, breaking the record of Dmitry Sychev.

– If we talk about Pinyaev’s talent, then here he can be compared with Arshavin – small in stature, he used all his qualities well. They will get used to Pinyaev. The fact that it goes into stroke is good, but you need to combine this stroke with team actions so that it does not reflect badly on the team. We need to remember his first coaches, because they laid this foundation, found his strengths and developed them. No wonder he trained with Manchester United. All this together has given this progress. Osinkin held him very well in Wings. He released for 10-15-20 minutes, then, when Sergey got used to it, he gave more time, and with the departure of Zinkovsky he got a place in the squad. Now he successfully moved to Lokomotiv – he shows himself there.

There used to be yard football, when you go out into the yard, throw the ball and play. Beat five, wait and beat again – and no one will say a word to you. You can beat – beat, you can pass – pass. Such non-standard players as Pinyaev should appear. And the task of the coach, Karpin, Galaktionov, Osinkin is to translate his non-standard qualities into team interactions, – Masalitin is quoted by the Championship.

This season, Pinyaev has played 21 matches for Samara’s Krylya Sovetov and Moscow’s Lokomotiv, scoring five goals and providing three assists.

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