The Russians played with the two eliminated. Slovaks were unlucky, but not even imaginative, say Russian journalists

After the match Russia – Slovakia (1: 0) neither team is completely satisfied. The Slovaks did not like the result and the Russians the performance. However, they gained few clean chances from the 70% possession of the ball and the great optical superiority – 27 shots were only enough for 1.13 xG, ie statistically “expected goals “According to the quality of the chances.

The daily N spoke about the match with two Russian journalists. Artur Petrosian is an expert on Russian football who lives in St. Petersburg and also writes for the New York Times, Guardian, ESPN and Sky Sports. Alex Bobrov works for Sportexpress.

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“It was one of the most bizarre performances of the Russian team in a really long time. They allowed the Slovaks a lot on the home field. Slovaks had almost 30 shots and fourteen corners, “says Petrosian.

” Football is sometimes unfair. The home team did not deserve a victory. Your footballers were better. The Russians played as if they had one or two players expelled, “criticizes Bobrov.

The Russians had a hard time looking at the most defensive tactics on the home field. They are used to it against their favorites, but now they have retreated against the Slovaks, who played in a similarly destructive way to the Euro.

” result. You were lucky to win with Poland on the Euro, now Russia was lucky again, “Petrosian continues.

The Russian expert was not impressed by the performance of the Slovaks. When asked if he liked some Slovak players, he did not name anyone.

“Maybe not today (laughs). I expected Hamšík