Football

Karpin explained why Alexey Miranchuk will start the match against Cameroon on the bench

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2 years ago

October 12, 2023

Thomas

Karpin explained why Alexey Miranchuk will start the match against Cameroon on the bench

Alexey Miranchuk and Anton Miranchuk / Photo: © RFU

The head coach of the Russian national football team, Valery Karpin, said that the Italian Atalanta midfielder Alexei Miranchuk still lacks game tone.

The Russian team will play a friendly match with the Cameroon team on Thursday. The meeting will take place at the Dynamo stadium in Moscow and will begin at 19:00. Miranchuk will start the game on the bench.

— How many minutes is Miranchuk ready to take the field?

– I think that physically he is just ready for 60-70-80 minutes. Another thing is that there is not enough gaming tone. Even during the selection, when he arrived, it was clear that in the first game for the national team there was not enough tone, in the second game it was better.

— How do you see the team’s football? The three midfielders stand out as they are strong in destruction.

– So it seems. Initially, you need to catch up with the physically strong players of the Cameroon national team. Let’s call it this: “First the muscles on the field, and then maybe the fantasy guys.” Let’s see what comes of this.

— The most important principle by which you chose the starting lineup?

— We saw in the match with the Qatar team that physical condition decides a lot. While we had strength in the first half and while we felt good, a lot happened. Then we got hooked, the end of the first half was worse than the first 30 minutes,” Match TV quotes Karpin.

Watch the live broadcast of the match on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Friendly match. Russia – Cameroon

Source: Sportbox

Thomas

Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.

World Cup

VIDEO. UAF releases all goals of men’s and women’s national teams in 2025

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1 hour ago

December 31, 2025

Kyle

Ukraine national football teams completed 2025and the Ukrainian Football Federation summarize the results.

UAF releases all goals of men’s and women’s national teams in 2025

Sergei Rebrov’s team had an unsuccessful start to 2025, losing to Belgium in the Nations League play-offs (3:1, 0:3). The blue-yellows played two friendly matches against Canada (2:4) and New Zealand (2:1) in June.

In the autumn, the Ukrainian team qualified for the 2026 World Cup and took second place in the group with France, Iceland and Azerbaijan. The blue-yellows made it to the play-offs to participate in the World Cup. During the year, the team had 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, average score: 17-20.

VIDEO. All goals of the Ukrainian men’s team in 2025

VIDEO. All goals of the Ukrainian women’s team in 2025

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.

World Cup

Statistics. UAF announced how many matches Ukrainian national teams will play in 2025

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4 hours ago

December 31, 2025

Kyle

Statistics. UAF announced how many matches Ukrainian national teams will play in 2025

Ukraine national football teams completed 2025and the Ukrainian Football Federation summarize the results.

UAF reported: “In 2025, 156 matches (including friendly matches against clubs) were played by Ukrainian national, junior and youth men’s and women’s football teams, futsal, beach football and amphibious teams.”

Statistics: 10 matches of the Ukrainian national team in 2025 (+5=1–4)

infographics

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

Football

Real Madrid player Mbappe will miss three weeks due to injury – newspaper

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5 hours ago

December 31, 2025

Jon

Real Madrid player Mbappe will miss three weeks due to injury – newspaper

French footballer for Spanish Real Madrid Kylian Mbappe he will miss at least three weeks due to a knee ligament injury. The newspaper L’Equipe reports it.

The attacker will miss the Spanish Super Cup, the matches of which will be played from 7 to 11 January in Saudi Arabia.

Mbappé is 27 years old. On June 3, 2024, the striker signed a contract with Real Madrid as a free agent. From 2018 to 2024 he played for PSG and is the top scorer in the club’s history. As part of the team, the footballer became a five-time champion of France, three-time winner of the National Cup and Super Cup and twice won the League Cup.

Together with the French team, Mbappe won the 2018 World Championship in Russia and won a silver medal at the 2022 World Championship in Qatar.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.