Andrey Eshchenko: “The Russian national team’s game pattern is not visible. There is confusion in all lines”

Spartak defender Andrei Eshchenko criticized the performance of the Russian national team in recent friendly matches. According to the “red-white” footballer, Stanislav Cherchesov’s team looked tired in the meetings against Turkey and Austria. Yeshchenko also noted that in the past matches he did not see the pattern of play among the Russians.

“What was the fatigue expressed in? Take the same Roman Zobnin. In Spartak he could run away from anyone - now this was not the case,” said Yeshchenko in an interview with Soviet Sport . “Same thing with Sasha Golovin. In CSKA he is sharp, He easily gets away from his opponent while dribbling, but nothing worked for him in the national team. And in general, the pattern of the game was not visible in all the lines, I didn’t understand what kind of football we are preparing for the World Cup.”

Let us remind you that in the last two test matches before the World Cup, the Russian team performed unsuccessfully. The hosts of the World Cup lost to Austria (0:1) and tied with Turkey (1:1).

At the home World Cup, the Russian team will play in Group E against Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay. The tournament will open with a match between the Russians and the Saudi Arabian team on June 14.