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The wife of the head coach of Rostov and the Russian national football team Valery Karpin, Daria, explained her husband’s statement that he might leave Russia.
Earlier, Karpin said that it was “difficult for him to imagine that the family would live in Estonia, and he would work in Russia,” so perhaps “in three months he will say goodbye.” The Karpins are natives of the Estonian city of Narva.
— Imagine, he wasn’t home for 20 days in a month. He travels again in October and November. So he said that he would travel like this a couple more times – he would get tired of it. For now we are in Rostov. But next summer, according to plans, the children and I actually return to Estonia, because our youngest daughter will go to study there.
— How likely is it that Valery Georgievich will go with you?
– Don’t know. I don’t want to make predictions. Everything is changing here, from the situation in the world to the situation in football. In this sport, something can change even without our plans to move. Now the plan is that I will move to Estonia with the girls. We’ll see what happens next.
— It turns out that the words about three months were spoken more out of emotion?
– Certainly. Imagine, a person doesn’t see his family for three weeks. And he is very attached to his family. You can take the example of Roman Eremenko, who left just when his daughters were born. But again: this is football, something can happen here without any relation to our plans. “The fact that the girls and I are planning to move, yes,” RB Sport quotes Daria Karpina.
The Russian national team has been suspended from participation in tournaments under the auspices of FIFA and UEFA since February last year due to the situation in Ukraine. On September 12, Karpin’s team tied with the Qatar team (1:1) in an away friendly match. Another national team team played two games with the Egyptian Olympic team on September 8 and 11 (1:1, 1:2).
Karpin has led the Russian national team since July 2021; in November 2022, he extended his contract until August 2024.
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