It turns out that the coach of the Ukrainian national team, Andrey Shevchenko, helped the Russian players to beat the Saudi Arabian team with a devastating score in the group stage of the World Cup.. Such recognition was made by the chief helm of the Russian national football team Stanislav Cherchesov in an interview with "Sport-Express". "I would like to thank Andriy Shevchenko, who helped us with advice. The Ukrainian team played a friendly match with Saudi Arabia, we then phoned, and he told me some of the nuances of the Arabians, which we were very useful in preparing for the match, "- said Cherchesov. Presumably, these words will quickly begin to discuss in the Nezalezhnaya, and it would not turn out to be an outstanding Ukrainian striker, the owner of the "Golden Ball" verbal vendetta of local cheers-patriots. Also Cherchesov told about the visit to the camp of our team of the Dutch specialist Guus Hiddink, who trained Russians from 2006 to 2010. Recall, for Euro 2008 the Russian team lost twice to the Spaniards: first in the group stage with a score of 1: 4, and then in the semi-final 0: 3, becoming bronze medalists. "Gus said:" You must take revenge for what we failed then ". And already how to play - did not discuss. By the way, and I said this to the players who then played when I found out that we were caught by the Spaniards: "It's good, you will have the opportunity to take revenge. And we will help you in this ".

They will not let you lie, "- shared the story of his meeting with Hiddink before the game against the Spanish team Cherchesov. The Russian team defeated the Saudis 5-0 in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, beat Egypt (3-1) and was defeated by the Uruguayan team (0: 3). In the quarterfinals of the mundialya, the Russians defeated the Spaniards in a penalty shoot-out after a 1: 1 draw (4: 3). Semifinal match with Croatia also ended in a series of 11-meter, but this time the luck turned away from our team. Balkan team won (2: 2 in regular time, 3: 4 on penalties).