No, it’s not just a question of results.

The quality of football is criticized, not just the results

Write why you criticized the team if you did. After all, what Russian football does not know how to do is adequately respond to constructive complaints. Valery Georgievich is a naturally characteristic person. He remembers how angry he was at Spartak. He is lucky that his young wife Daria teaches her husband to be a little wiser in public, but old Karpin shows up, because you can’t run away from yourself. For example, the coach was asked about the criticism directed at the national team, and this was the response:

If we don’t beat Cuba, we will be criticized again. Same with Kenya. OK. After Cameroon there was no criticism. After Kenya we started. This is destiny.

Primitive sarcasm. Karpin suggests that if the Russian team wins, there will be no criticism, if there is a draw or defeat, they will criticize. But this is not true. After Cameroon there were many complaints, it was far from an ideal fight. Even if they beat Cuba 4:0, they make a lot of mistakes in defense, play passively on the flanks, fail to show mutual understanding in attack, miss several vertical passes through the support zone, but the opponent’s terribly low level will allow them to get the defeat, then the team will continue to be disgraced. People want to see professional football and that hasn’t happened for a long time.

Scores when other games are not included in the log FIFA, It does not matter. But only if we see the team’s footballing progress, which isn’t there yet. The team led by Karpin played its last strong match on November 11, 2021, when it defeated Cyprus 6:0. This is perhaps Mentor’s only strong match out of seventeen matches. They have not yet lost to the Croatians in the first qualifying round world Cup-2022 and beat the Slovenians away, but those clashes were not classified as good matches from a footballing point of view, they were focused on the result. And now there is not much of him either, although there is a reason to play conscientiously: there will be a lot of fans.

The Russian team has terribly low-level opponents

These must be beaten. Cameroon was the last African champion in 2017; this hasn’t been an elite team by a long shot. I don’t want to humiliate Kenya, the national teams of Qatar, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have been suspended from any matches for government interference in football affairs, but there are no elite teams on the list. And the match against Iran was played as Cherchesov once played against the Turks. Before entering the field it was clear that he would win the friendship, there would be a draw. Karpin can say that the base did not lose after the failure in Croatia, because the youth played against Egypt.

We also accept the thesis according to which it is forbidden to injure players and “die on the pitch” in matches against Kenya and Cuba. But no one forces you to die, we invite you to live for your pleasure and that of the fans. And now there has been no life from Karpin’s team for a long time. Valery Georgievich is gloomy now, that’s his mood. He has spoken more than once about leaving Russia and called on footballers to follow his example. Find your Estonia for family and sport. But not everyone will repeat Golovin’s experience, because for many RPL The salary is important and the houses continue to overpay, offering skyrocketing sums.

There is competition abroad, Zakharyan and Miranchuk felt it. But when a coach has an attitude like that, apathy spreads to the team. Even in the match against the incredibly weak Kenyan team, the Russian team deserved to lose. We saved our opponent’s mistakes and managed to play 2:2. But these were unpleasant results, as were the two matches of the incomprehensible Russian national team, the second team, against the Olympic team of Egypt. That opponent was of an incredibly low level, the players were chosen by the Karpin headquarters, but even on the second attempt they did not beat the modest opponent, in fact, they lost 2:1.

Karpin definitely doesn’t have a strategy to develop the first team

You don’t have to be a professional director to see bad acting. You don’t need a psychiatrist’s license to see when a number is served in football. Karpin allowed the players to play carelessly. There has always been a noticeable difference between the dedication of some artists, for whom the call to the national team itself is a real honor, and the arrogant stars RPLtrying to destroy modest Kenya with one left.

It is clear that the situation as a whole for the national team is difficult. Karpin depends on the decision RFU. If there is a transition to Asia, then this will be a departure, a return to Asia of UEFA it will therefore take decades. And if you sit and wait, you can miss one of football’s generations. Players like Zobnin read the simple combination; Roman asks himself not to be called up to the national team for meaningless matches in which he could get injured.

But it is Karpin who should be criticized for not finding meaning in the last few fights. Instead of the task of getting a well-rounded starting lineup, he mixes the players, gives rest to please the clubs – perhaps there are future employers on the list, because Rostov is not for life. Valery Georgievich has said that he will leave the club if Russia returns to official competitions. But does the national team really need Karpin?

There is no compatibility, we do not see any drive in the game nor a clear tactical scheme. There is no order on the pitch and we are talking about a coach who disappointed Rostov in the first round. Karpin coaches a team with the worst defense in the league. His mentor and his staff did not propose a development strategy and did not even show the optimal composition of the team in all its glory. Maybe they will destroy Cuba to improve the public mood?

We wish a conclusion like this to a difficult year for the national team, we can’t think of anything better. But if once again there is boring football with many errors on all lines, or Cuba turns out to be a strong and motivated team, which plays for results, then Karpin will be criticized precisely for the quality of his work as a coach. Valery Georgievich has not yet succeeded in the national team, this is a ghost team, they often play football from beyond the grave.