Russia is unexpectedly strengthened before a play-off with Poland. There are no more obstacles

Artiom Dziuba was an important figure in the Russian national team during his times. However, Saint Petersburg is out of the way for Zenit’s forward with the current coach Valeriy Karpin. The coach with whom he was in conflict while working together in the team, did not see him in the team from the very beginning. At the end of September, Dziuba told him that he was resigning from the team.

Artiom Dziuba wants to return to the staff. Clear declaration

It turns out, however, that the 33-year-old can play in the play-off match against Poland in March. The striker himself declared his willingness to return to the team. “I don’t mind taking a step forward on this, but I don’t want everything to turn against me.” When the national team wins, I was called the soul of the team. When I was gone, it turned out that I was spoiling the atmosphere, I was a clown. It doesn’t work like that, he said in the trailer for “More Sport Podcast” on the Match TV YouTube channel.

For Russia, the return of Dziuba would be quite a strengthening, as it guarantees experience. Additionally, Sborna has a lot of problems with effectiveness. Excluding the games against Cyprus and Malta, the team led by Karpin scored just three goals in four matches. What’s more, in the game with suspended for yellow cards, her main forward will be Fyodor Smołow. If he does not decide to hang up the players, an alternative for Karpin will be the recently appointed Anton Zabołotny z, who scored two goals in 19 matches in the national team.

Dziuba is the runner-up in the scorer’s classification of the Russian Premier League with 10 goals in 16 matches. Additionally, he had six assists in them. The meeting – Poland will take place on March 24 in Łużniki. The winner of this match will play in the play-off final against the better of Sweden – Czech Republic.