Former Spartak Moscow player and coach Valery Gladilin commented Russian national team to participate in the Asian Cup, which will be held from June 9 to 21 in Bishkek and Tashkent with the participation of teams from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and other national teams of the Asian region.
Valery Gladilin"We made the right decision. We need to take a break. There is no motivation to just play games like that. We have already played two matches and watched the players. I think that's the right decision.
Who to play with next? The heads of the Russian Football Union are looking for options and it's not so easy to do now. We'll wait!" - Eurofootball.ru quoted Gladilin as saying.
As a reminder, in the first days after the Russian attack on Ukraine, Russian soccer was expelled from all international tournaments both at the club and national team level. Since then, the soccer clubs of a non-country called "Russia" entertain themselves among themselves only in domestic tournaments, and the Russian national team is content with friendly matches against Kyrgyzstan, Iraq and other Asian rivals.
