Karpin and Tyukavin announced dissatisfaction with the best scorer of the RPL in the national team
Glushenkov was not called to the Russian national team for the November matches. According to Karpin, the national team was dissatisfied with the player, but did not give details. Tyukavin confirmed that he had claims against Glushenkov
Head coach Valery Karpin said that the Russian national team was dissatisfied with the attitude of Zenit midfielder Maxim Glushenkov to the game for the national team. His words are quoted by TASS.
Karpin did not call Glushenkov to the November matches, saying that the player did not want to play for the national team. Football commentator Dmitry Shnyakin said that striker Konstantin Tyukavin, in particular, made the best scorer of the RPL claims for poor replacement in the match with Nigeria (3:3, 6 October).
Every time I say I want to play for the team. This should not be shown with words, but with deeds. When we are in the team, we need to prove and show. What am I asking? What everyone wants in words speaks of dreams and honor. But it's all words. Who said what, it should be left in the dressing room. Everyone already said that there was dissatisfaction with Glushenkov. As it was expressed, we will not talk, Karpin said.
Forward “Dynamo” Tyukavin, when asked if he can confirm the information about claims to Glushenkov, said: “I was unhappy.” All.
At the same time, Glushenkov won the award for the best player of the month in October in the Russian Premier League (RPL). This season he is one of the league's top scorers. On account of Glushenkov and his teammate Alexander Sobolev ten goals.
On November 12, the Russian national team will play with the team of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, and on November 17, will host the team of Venezuela in Krasnodar.
The national team has been suspended from FIFA and UEFA tournaments since 2022 due to the military operation in Ukraine. Since then, Karpin's team has only played friendly matches.
