INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia's national team captain was believed to have pulled out of an international training camp over concerns about the ongoing war in
to me that there was a misunderstanding
Coach Valery Georgievich Karpin misunderstood me, or his words were misinterpreted," the Zenit St
to be included in a training camp at the end of March, as he has family members in Ukraine and did not want to represent Russia at this
But now, due to the difficult situation in Ukraine, where he has many relatives, he apologized and asked for family reasons not to call him
up," said Karpin.Dzyuba later refuted Karpin's claims, stating that the reasons he requested to be omitted from the national squad was due
It's about family circumstances, but I don't want to go into details," Dzyuba was quoted as saying.Dzyuba caused a stir earlier this month
when he spoke out on his instagram, denouncing the war and the subsequent anti-Russian sentiment he believes has been directed at Russian
compete in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which would likely be 33-year-old Dzyuba's final time captaining his country at international
athletes, intellectuals, actors, and journalists," Lavrov said
