Mostovoy considers Pinyaev the only bright spot in the Russian team

Former Spartak football player Alexander Mostovoy said that Lokomotiv midfielder Sergei Pinyaev is the only bright spot in the Russian national team.

The Russian national team earlier in St. Petersburg in a friendly match defeated the Iraqi team with a score of 2:0. The score was opened by Anton Miranchuk in the 50th minute. Sergey Pinyaev doubled the advantage on the 58th and was replaced by the 71st. Pinyaev became the youngest goal scorer in the history of the Russian national team – 18 years 4 months 24 days. The national team also played a friendly game with Iran (1:1).

– After the match against Iran, I said that ours will win against Iraq and everyone will say that everything is fine. I made a mistake in only one goal: I said it would be 3:0, but we played 2:0. Iraq must be given its due. In the first half, he forgave us twice. He had great chances to score. The first half for our team was terrible.

The only bright spot is Pinyaev. He scored a great goal too. If it wasn’t for Pinyaev, I don’t know if we would have beaten Iraq at home. This victory does not mean anything serious, of course. Especially such a first half. He was worse than in the match against Iran. By the way, the first goal is quite controversial. If there was VAR, then it would be offside, it seems to me, ”Euro‑Futbol.Ru quotes Mostovoy.

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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