“This is a really good answer to all skeptics” – Karpin’s wife about the Russian team’s victory over Cameroon

Daria Karpina, the wife of the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin, said that the victory over the Cameroon team in a friendly match was the answer to all skeptics.

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. The only goal was scored by Fedor Chalov.

“I’m not a football expert, but even at the level of a fan, you can’t say that the guys didn’t play their most successful match – it was clear that everyone was fighting, everyone was playing. Surely the atmosphere, a full stadium at a home match, and a strong opponent also had an impact. It seems to me that this is a completely different football compared to what we have seen before. Now you definitely can’t blame the guys for going out without the desire to play. This is a really good answer to all the skeptics. Today the game looked great and interesting. A strong opponent always increases your own motivation. Plus it was a home match, without long flights. Our skeptics, apparently, do not fly. Every month I fly from Rostov to St. Petersburg for days and I can say from personal experience that it is terribly exhausting. I can’t imagine how they go out to play afterwards. We flew to Egypt all night, it was physically very difficult. The support of the fans also had an effect, you forget that this is a friendly match.

— Did you feel that Valery Georgievich was somehow in a special mood for this match?

– No. I don’t know whether skeptics will believe it, but Valery Georgievich has absolutely the same mindset for all matches, and it doesn’t matter whether the national team or Rostov are playing. As the coach of Rostov, the matches with Spartak and Fakel are absolutely equally important for him, and as the coach of the national team – with Cameroon, Croatia and Uzbekistan. He is respectful of his opponents, and even more respectful of his work and his players,” RB Sport quotes Karpina.

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.