Estonian football players Konstantin Vasiliev Sergey Zenev and Andres Oper, assistant head coach of the Estonian national team, apologized for the photo with the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin .
On New Year’s Eve, one of the former players of the Estonian national team, Andrey Stepanov, posted a joint photo with Karpin on social networks. The former Estonian national team players and the Russian coach had dinner together. A group of Estonian national team fans were outraged by this post. Current Estonian national team captain Konstantin Vasilyev has been offered to be stripped of the captain’s armband.
— Dear football fans! We regret the situation and apologize to everyone whose feelings were hurt by our dinner together and the posting of the photo on social media. Our conversation was only about football, we didn’t talk about politics. We have always stood up for Estonia on and off the football pitch and we will continue to do so,” reads a joint statement posted on the website. Delfi Sports .
Karpin is from Estonian Narva. He has led the Russian national team since July 2021.
Source : MatchTV
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