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President Vladimir Putin told Russia coach, Stanislav Cherchesov, that nobody was going to judge his team if they lost to Spain in the 2018 World Cup last 16 on Sunday.
Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, revealed this after the hosts dumped out the former world champions via penalties on Sunday.
Peskov insisted that Putin, who watched the game on TV, did not put any pressure on the team to win.

“Before the match, around noon, the president called the coach and wished him well.
“He said that under Cherchesov’s leadership, our guys have already accomplished the impossible — made it out of the group.
“Putin also noted that regardless of the outcome of the match, no one in our country was going to judge them,” Russian news agencies quoted Peskov as saying.

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Thosr are the best motivational word a leader can offer to group of young players to spur them to give their all.

Not some clown "wishing the boys well" and telling them to bring the cup home as if the cup is a 555 stainless cup used for drinking garri

They won because all Spanish players are midfielders n no strikers to finish their build-up play.

Mario1989:
They won because all Spanish players are midfielders n no strikers to finish their build-up play.

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Shebi nah the Russian coach selected the Spanish midfielders for the game abi?

Mario1989:
They won because all Spanish players are midfielders n no strikers to finish their build-up play.

Perfect!! and this inefficient attacking syndrome has been their problem for years and they never worked on it, maybe this upset will wake them up and realize it is time to produce strikers too not only midfielders.

but the one we have here In ftNigeria told the boys to go n divert Nigerians attention so that his men(Fulani herdsmen) can strike....which they did in plateau state...