Athletistic/Football. On Monday, November 20, the Russian national football team played another friendly match. This time the opponent was the Cuban team. The location of the match was Volgograd. Previously, the Russian team had never hosted the Cuban team. At the same time, once the USSR national team met with the national team of this country. This match took place at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
The Russian national football team managed to repeat the result of the USSR national team. Valery Karpin’s team also beat the Cuban team with a score of 8:0. At the same time, all goals were scored by different players. The authors of the goals were Ivan Oblyakov, Alexander Golovin, Anton Miranchuk, Alexander Silyanov, Alexander Sobolev, Danil Prutsev, Nikita Krivtsov and Andrey Mostovoy. At the same time, the Russian team could win with a score of 9:0 and repeat the personal best achieved in the match against San Marino in 2019 as part of the Euro-2020 qualifiers. However, Sergei Pinyaev missed the penalty.
Thus, the Russian national team played eight friendly matches in 2023. All three home matches ended in victory. Among the away matches, four ended in a draw and one in a defeat for the Russians.
Fans of the Russian national football team reacted to the victory over the Cuban national team. They left comments in the official community of the national team on VKontakte.
Andrei Andreyevich:
– Of course, I am happy for our national team that it won confidently and overwhelmingly, but let’s be honest, we played against a national team that, to put it mildly, was on the same level as a schoolboy (the cost of the entire Cuban national team is 1.65 million euros, Russia’s is 157 million euros). And so, of course, well done, but for the future we have to negotiate with stronger and more respectable teams, it is clear that now everyone has major tournaments, but we can still play with Latinos and Africans , and there are powerful teams of the European level. Happy victory everyone!
Freddy King:
– To all fans, sports lovers and the Russian national team with victory!!!! Today we end this year with a victory, bright and beautiful!!!
Pyotr Korneev:
– It’s just a shame. A team with a rating of 169 cannot be beaten by more than 10 goals. And as for teams above 100, there is already validol. Iraq, Qatar, Uzbekistan, this is already the level where we can lose.
Alexei Vassin:
– I even felt sorry for Cuba, but still, well done, they played despite the level.
Romain Lewitski:
– Finally I see football, but why not play against other countries in the same way?
Yaroslav Piatykh, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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