The head coach of Tekstilshchik spoke about the match of the Russian national team against Kenya

The Russian national team players began with a victory the next series of friendly matches during the international break, which occurred due to the qualifying matches for the European Championship, which will be held in the summer of 2024 in Germany. Valery Karpin’s team will not take part in the qualifying tournament for the European Championship due to the sanctions imposed on Russian football in March 2022. The Russians are forced to play friendly matches with not the strongest opponents.

In the upcoming friendly match, the Russian national team players will play against Kenya. The national team of this country ranks 109th in the FIFA rankings and is considered an average country, if the African Football Confederation is taken into account. Kenya did not appear at the final tournaments of the World Cup, and did not advance beyond the group stage at the African Cup.

Igor Kolyvanov shared his expectations from the Russian national team’s match against Kenya.

“But our team should approach this game with positive emotions. Perhaps Karpin will start someone new in the lineup, will want to look at other connections, will give more time and chances to those guys who played little or did not play in the first meeting. We’ll see what happens. it will work out. You always lose a lot when you don’t have the opportunity to play,” Kolyvanov said.