In the morning of September 8, the Russian football team returned to Moscow (Vnukovo-3 business terminal) after participating in a tournament in Vietnam. Russian team returned with a victory — on September 5, our players at the stadium «My Dinh» in Hanoi beat the Vietnamese team with a score of 3:0.
Daler Kuzyaev and Tamerlan Musaev csored goals during the match. The third goal was scored by the Russian team thanks to an auto-goal by a Vietnamese player. By the way, for Tamerlan Musaev the meeting became the debut in the national team — as well as for Valentin Paltsev, Evgeny Latyshonk and Dmitry Vorobyov.
«We played the first game well, after that players had recovered for two days — said the head coach of the national team Valery Karpin immediately after arrival. — Those who did not play in the first match are upset that they couldn’t manage to participate, but there’s nothing you can do against the weather. I think they will still have a chance to prove themselves».
Russian team was also supposed to play a match against Thailand on September 7, but it was canceled because of the super typhoon «Yagi». Meteorologists estimate this tropical cyclone as the strongest in a decade in the region.