On Thursday, December 15, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, at a meeting with the Minister of Sports Sergei Kovalchuk, said that he "

This is reported by state Belarusian publications.

“The World Cup is coming. I didn't notice our players there. Or am I just bad at watching the World Cup? There are not even close to ours, ”the Belarusian dictator pretended to be surprised..

He noted that he compares the game of Belarusian football players with the football that the participants of the 2022 World Cup demonstrate, and this comparison is not in favor of his compatriots. At the same time, Lukashenka stressed that athletes in Qatar show the best results "

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In a conversation with the minister, the self-proclaimed president touched upon the topic of sanctions by which Belarusian athletes are suspended from international competitions due to the country's participation in Russian aggression in Ukraine.

“You talk to me about sanctions. But if you are under pressure, as I understand it in sports, then the return is even stronger.. We have it? We don't have it. That is, where we pay more attention to that sport, you have worse results there.. How so? "

On the Charter'97 website, Belarusian officials were advised to use the life hack of their colleagues from the DPRK so as not to upset the dictator.

In 2010, in North Korea, one of the TV channels said that at the World Cup, the DPRK team confidently won all three matches in the group and reached the final, where it will play with Portugal. In the group, the Koreans allegedly defeated Japan with a score of 7:0, the USA - with a score of 4:0 and won against China with a score of 2:0. The report showed even the best moments of the matches and North Korean fans rejoicing at the stadium. In fact, the DPRK did not even overcome the qualification.

Recall that earlier French President Emmanuel Macron, in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper, predicted the outcome of the match for reaching the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup and named the players who scored goals.