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Russian national team football player Melekhin did not immediately hear the question about his injured ear
Defender of the Russian national team Viktor Melekhin did not immediately hear the question about his injured ear, but later he understood the text and said that he felt fine.
On Friday, the Russian team beat the Iranian team with a score of 2:1 in a BetBoom friendly match in Volgograd. In the 83rd minute, Alireza Jahanbakhsh received a yellow card for a direct kick to Melekhin’s head. A few minutes later the defender was replaced. After the game, the head coach of the Russian national team, Valery Karpin, said that the football player’s ear was torn. Also, numerous marks from thorns remained on Melekhin’s neck.
– How’s your ear?
– Yes, it’s cool.
– How’s your ear?
– Cool… Ah, ear! Normal (laughs). I just didn’t hear,” Melekhin said in a video published by the press service of the Russian national team.
Watch the BetBoom live broadcast of the friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Bolivia on Tuesday from 19:00 Moscow time on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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