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"The entry of Russia into the quarterfinals is not a coincidence"

The German edition of Der Tagesspiegel quotes the Roman defender of "Fenerbahce" Roman Neustetter, who did not qualify for the final of the 2018 World Cup.

About the victory of the Russians over the Spaniards in the match of the 1/8 final of the World Cup, and also his performance in the tournament in general.

"The exit of the Russian team to the quarterfinals is not an accident.Of course, the victory over Spain was won in many respects because of chance but the basis of this result was a preparation of two years, "writes Neustetter.

He also notes the good physical preparation of the quarters of Stanislav Cherchesov, note, are able to do a lot of work in progress, and also maintain concentration throughout the match.

"Dope is not even discussed"

The German media could not ignore the hypothesis of the connection of Russian athletes to doping. , the article Der Tagesspiegel notes that the players of the Russian national team were under the full control of the International Football Federation (FIFA), as well as international anti-doping agencies.In this regard, the l & # 39; the use of doping by the Russians has been ruled out. 9659003] But the British suspected the Russian striker Artem Dzyuba to violate anti-doping rules. First, an English user of the social network Twitter posted a photo on which the trace of the injection was seen on the hand of the attacker

Then the publication Caught Offside publishes an article whose authors, in this photo, convince readers "It is no secret that in Russia, at the highest level, there is corruption in the sport, football is no exception. Let's see if anyone can get commentary from Dzuba "notes the note

Later, in a commentary of the Russian edition of" Championat.com ", the doctor of Russian national team Eduard Bezuglov rejected such accusations. "Croatia is very different from Spain"

Neustetteder in his column also shared his expectations of the next meeting of the Russians with the Croatians in the quarterfinals. The match will take place on July 7 at the "Fisht" stadium in Sochi

"Croatia, with Belgium, made me the strongest impression of all the teams in the championship." I have already played against Luka Modric moves across the field and it's important not to let him raise his head when he receives the ball, "Neustetter writes.

The article also says that Russian players will face more serious problems than during the match against Spain. The only thing that can help the team of Cherchesov to reach the semi-finals is the "dedication and tactical discipline"

Spain still unworthy

The Edition Spanish El Mundo continues to badyze the performance of the team from the world championship. playoffs

"Our team said goodbye to Mundiale much earlier than expected, losing to a much weaker team," the article said.

The authors consider several reasons for the deafening fiasco. The first and one of the main is the unexpected dismissal of Khulen Lopetega from the coaching post of the team one day before the start of the tournament.

"Scrupulous at the extreme, Lopetegi provides everything: he chooses the players he needs, trains, rests, individual food system, adjusting it for each player. is stupid to deny the fact that his dismissal has affected the team, "report the reporters.

In addition to replacing Lopetega by Fernando Hierro, on the eve of the championship, the article's authors have brought other reasons. True, they contradict a little bit the first – a poor physical shape, a short bench, a low level of goalkeeper David De Gea – for all this, as already written Spanish colleagues, it was Lopetegi who answered

. C & # 39; s is in relationship with the interim head coach Hierro. The 50-year-old expert, according to reporters, has never been able to incorporate into the game the players he had.

"The Spanish national team had the same players in their" golden "period, but used different variants of their interaction.The beauty, functional reliability and style of the game team in the best cases were based on the constant movement of the players, the reception and the transfer of the ball, which does not correspond to what we saw in the match with Russia, a thousand cogs from one side and from the other. the other did not lead to anything dangerous at the gates of the Russians, "writes El Mundo.

"Only the most illustrious believed in the Russian victory"

Ukrainian journalists of the newspaper "Vesti.ua" do not keep silent About the release of the Russian national team in the quarterfinals of world Cup. The authors of the note presented ten reasons why the Spaniards yielded to the Russians. In particular, Ukrainians say that the team of Cherchesov was "a little lucky."

"No luck in this tournament anywhere … By the way, Russia was very lucky, because Spain was pbadive, but without Pika's hand and shooting the ball at the foot of Akinfeev, this victory could not be, "write the authors of the note, noting that the Spanish team is unlucky. worldwide since 2010, when the "Red Fury" became the champion.

Ukrainian journalists also noted that neither Russia nor Russian supporters believed in the exit of the Russian national team to the quarterfinals of the tournament. They won a sensational win and will be right. After the defeat of Uruguay with a score of 0-3, skeptics in Russia thought that their team could only play with slow teams like Egypt and Saudi Arabia. and in the match with the most skilled Spaniards there is nothing to catch. It turned out that Russia could still offer something to its rivals at the world championships, – says the article.

Andrey Senchenko