Forward Alexander Kokorin called not to blame Fabio Capello

Russian striker Alexander Kokorin believes that you should not blame the head coach Fabio Capello in a non -infection in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup, first of all, the responsibility for the result lies with the players of the team.

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On Sunday morning, the Russian team returned to Moscow from Brazil, where in three matches of the World Cup, she tied twice (1: 1 with South Korea and Algeria ), suffered one defeat (0: 1 from Belgium ) and could not break into the playoffs.

“If you take the same statistics that have not been (at the world championships) for so many years, then, of course, it is cool (that the national team has such a coach), ” R -Sport reports the words of Kokorin. “He played a big role. Therefore, no one will blame him for something, we would play differently, they would have nobed out of those moments, we would have passed stupid balls.

“The first match, of course, (nervous), after the Russian championship you go to the World Cup,” Dynamo forward added. “Naturally, you will have an internal excitement. After Korea, you already understood that you need to win and score points to go out (in the playoffs).”

Answering the question of how he relates to criticism in the media, Kokorin admitted: "Honestly, I can say that he had never opened the Internet, I understood what it will be, we were banned from all these networks, and except SMS from loved ones and relatives, I did not watch anything."