Evgeny Lovchev has praised the Russian team’s performances under Fabio Capello and has shared expectations of the qualifying match of the World Cup against Azerbaijan
Former Russian national team player, Evgeny Lovchev, has criticised http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello’s men despite they recorded a land mark 1-0 win against the Portuguese at Luzhniki stadium on Friday.
Lovchev revealed that the Euro 2008 semi-finalist played the entire match defensively after scoring an early goal in the game. He blamed the entire team for a defensive performance, saying that Russia are capable of playing much
better football.
The former Dynamo Moscow player revealed that Russia have a wonderful squad that can play offensive football and gave the example of their 4-0 win in the second qualifying match against Israel.
"I cannot largely blame Capello for putting so many players at the back during the last quarter of the match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984. The team have improved defensively, no doubt. The coach knows how to play against different team and
may choose to play defensively against the Navigators.”
“With the arrival of Capello, I think in the terminology of the team’s defence has changed. The team have achieved results and gained confidence after his arrival. But now they have to show the offensive model which is much more
complicated," the Legends Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Lovchev warned the media to blame the Italian tactician for the defensive problems in the team, saying that the former AC Milan manager joined his new team barely three months ago.
He went on to talk about the offensive crisis in the team, saying that Capello does not have fit strikers at his disposal at the moment and gave the example of out-of-form http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pavel-Pogrebnyak-c29501 respectively.
Lovchev revealed that Russia, who are still atop their group table at the moment, would have scored more goals in the cup competition had they got any better striker.
And while Capello has told the media to play youngsters in the upcoming match against Azerbaijan, Lovchev believes that CSKA Moscow’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alan-Dzagoev-c4249 has a decent chance to regain his place in the starting line-ups under Capello.
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