“Karpin can take the match with Cameroon to his advantage. It is clear that the Russian team has begun to play better and more confidently” – Gladilin

Former Spartak footballer Valery Gladilin believes that the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin can take advantage of the friendly match against the Cameroon team.

On Thursday, the Russian team defeated the Cameroon team in a friendly match. The meeting took place in Moscow at the Dynamo stadium named after Lev Yashin and ended with a score of 1:0. Fedor Chalov scored the goal.

— Karpin can take this match to his advantage. It is clear that the team has begun to play better and more confidently, and the work of the coaching staff is noticeable. I would like to make a special mention of Safonov, who showed himself to be a team leader and conveyed confidence to his partners. Personally, I wasn’t bored while watching the match; the game turned out to be interesting. Every team had their moments. As for the composition, this was, perhaps, the best option for today, except that Golovin was missing. But there are also problems in defense, since many of the guys were not in shape. Today the team played well, they did well,” RB Sport quotes Gladilin.

On October 16, Karpin’s team will play against the Kenyan team, the match will take place in Turkey. The game will be shown live on the Match TV channel.