Head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin: The guys supported Kudryashov in the locker room 
defeat to Croatia (0: 1) in the match of the final stage of the qualifying tournament of the 2022 World Cup. This is reported by Sport24.
The specialist stressed that he was not verbose with the players after the failure. According to him, before having such conversations, you need to sort out yourself. 52-year-old Karpin noted that everyone supported the defender of the team Fedor Kudryashov, who became the author of his own goal in the game with Croatia.
“How did Fedor feel? Bad, how else could he feel? ” – he added.
Also on November 15, Karpin became a guest of “Comment.Show” on YouTube. In an interview with reporters, he admitted that he was not sure that he would lead the national team in the play-offs. Karpin's contract is calculated until the end of December 2021.
The defeat of the Russian national team against Croatia did not allow Karpin's team to keep the lead in Group H. The Croats bypassed the Russians and qualified for the 2022 World Cup from the first place. The Russian national team will have to fight for a ticket to the world championship through play-offs.