Captain of the Kazakhstani football team "Kairat" Andrei Arshavin stood up for the player of FC "Lokomotiv" Fyodor Smolov. According to him, Smolov does not need to get hung up on a failed World Cup and continue to play at a high level to show his skills. "Fedor personally I do not want to advise anything, because he himself is an adult, a man.

I can say that his task is to play football, he just needs to do it well, and everything else will go into the background, "- quotes his portal prosports. kz. Arshavin stressed that if Smolov had not scored a penalty in favor of some factory team, he could have been "buried in the stadium at once". Andrew also talked about his future plans. He noted that he no longer hopes to play for the national team, and life in Kazakhstan is completely satisfactory for him. However, after the contract expires, the football player will return to his native St. Petersburg.