#2022 World Cup# The Russian men's football team has been away from the international arena for nearly a year. On September 24, 2022, with the referee's whistle, with Daniel Utkin's accurate finale in the 89th minute, Russia defeated Uzbekistan with a score of 2:1, completing the

Russian men's football team has been away from the international arena for nearly a year

On September 24, 2022, with the referee's whistle, with Daniel Utkin's accurate finale in the 89th minute, Russia defeated Uzbekistan with a score of 2:1, completing their first game of the year. This game is dull, but it attracted the attention of the whole world. Because since the friendly match between Croatia in November last year, the Russian team has never participated in any competition. The outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war has made Russia abandoned by international football. The Russian team, which had already entered the semi-finals of the European play-offs of Qatar World Cup in , was even denied the qualification to continue the competition. We were unable to see them in the Qatar World Cup in full swing in 4. Just as the Russian players lamented, the Russian team once again became an orphan in Europe.

1. The team that was pieced together

This is not the first time Russian football is in such an embarrassing situation. The last time it goes back to 1992. In the European Cup qualifiers in November 1991, the Soviet men's football team beat Italy, Norway, Hungary, and Cyprus to the top of the group, and advanced to the European Cup main competition with 13 points. Although the Soviet Union was in a turmoil at that time, workers who did not receive their wages and tanks of the state of emergency committee took turns to occupy the streets of Moscow . However, the turbulence and uneasiness of the domestic situation did not affect the status of the Soviet team. Instead, they won the ticket to the European Cup with an unbeaten record.

However, just one month later, the country they fought for disappeared, replaced by 15 countries and a meaningless " CIS ".

The chaotic state of ultimately affected the national team. The teammates who were just fighting under the same roof have transformed themselves into their own hands, becoming Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Georgians, Georgians. After independence, countries have established their own football associations and called on the Soviet men's football players to return to their respective motherlands. The gap and separation of

made the players begin to wonder why they are still fighting?

With such questions, the team is on the verge of disbandment.

For European football players, the European Cup is the top event second only to the World Cup at the national team level. The current situation makes players doubt whether they can still participate normally. Yugoslavia, which had already reached the main game, was kicked out of the game by UEFA due to the chaos in the domestic situation (the Denmark team replaced it and finally won the European Cup championship). Will the "Soviet team" repeat the mistakes of Yugoslavia? Since the country has disappeared, the Soviet Football Association will automatically lose its membership in UEFA according to the relevant UEFA charter. According to the European Cup regulations, the second-place team in the same group of the Soviet Union in the qualifiers, that is, the Italian team, should get the ticket to the European Cup. Fortunately, UEFA still had supporters of the Soviets at this time. The chairman of the Soviet Football Association, Vicheslav Koloskov, was the vice chairman of UEFA at that time. With his support and appeal from the public, the team finally did not disband and finally decided to participate in the European Cup in the name of the CIS. This is a unique decision. The first and only time in the history of the European Cup, non-national Football Association teams are allowed to participate. The temporary patchwork of the CIS Football Association embarked on the journey of the European Cup in the name of the heir to the Soviet Football Association.

Viceslav Koloskov saved and created the CIS team

2. The CIS team made up of high-pitched

includes players from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Georgia , among which Georgia did not even join the CIS. The players wore classic red and white jerseys from the Soviet era, with CIS English abbreviation CIS and sponsor Adidas printed on their chests. It seems like everything is the same as before, but the players will feel different as soon as they enter the game.Without the familiar national flag, even the national anthem would not be played for them. When the players entered the venue, the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven was played. The player at that time, Sergei Kiryakov, (later played for , Shandong Luneng, and other Chinese teams) expressed dissatisfaction with this. " Each of us understands that we are actually the Soviet national team. It makes us feel awkward to play Beethoven's music before the game, but this did not distract us. Everyone understands the importance of the game. Many teammates will become opponents next time they meet. "

With the mentality of the last battle, this "Soviet team" started the journey. From the perspective of absolute strength, this team can only be considered to be upper-middle, and many players play in European giants, such as Manchester United superstar Kancherski is one of this team. Before the European Cup began, they drew with Spain, led by Leinker and Sheer, and future European champion Denmark in a friendly match.

Soviet/Russian superstar Kanchersky, who played for Manchester United, was actually born in Ukrainian

. The main game continued this positive state. In the first game of the group stage, they tied the newly merged German team 1:1, and in the second game, they amazingly tied the premiere defending champion Dutch team with a score of 0:0, although the referee mistakenly blew away a beautiful goal from van Basten . After two games, the CIS team tied two points, while the German team had only 3 points in three games, one draw, and one loss (the match system at that time stipulated that 2 points win, one point draw, and 0 points lose). In the last game, facing the Scots team, who had lost all the losses and were eliminated in both games, the Soviets only needed to win to beat the German team to enter the semi-finals.

Can draw with the Netherlands, which has superstars such as Van Basten and Gulit, is already a miracle

3. Falling into the darkness

In the face of the opportunity to advance, the CIS team suddenly collapsed. Faced with the already eliminated Scotland team, the CIS lost 0:3 cleanly. The defeat is still remembered by the Russians today because the defeat is too incredible. The eliminated Scottish team spent a "pleasant night" in the bar the day before the match against the Soviets. On the next day, every Soviet player could smell the strong smell of alcohol and smoke on his opponents, but in the end the Soviets lost to such an opponent. " lost to the drunk Scots " has become a common saying among Russian folk for a long time.

defeat to Scotland became the biggest regret

Looking back on this defeat, it can be said that the goddess of luck abandoned the last Soviet people. In the 6th minute of the game, the Scots won the corner. Scottish player McAllister's serve was kicked out of the penalty area by the defender. Scottish player McPherson, who was outside, passed the ball to oncoming teammate Maxtay, who then volleyed and the ball hit the post and bounced on the back of the head of CIS goalkeeper Dmitry Harlem flew into the goal. This accident left the CIS team passive, and the organization's counterattack was resolved one by one. In the 17th minute, the balance of the goddess of luck tilted again, and Scotland's McClell kicked a long shot in the counterattack and refracted into the net. By the end of the half, the CIS had already scored two goals. After the break of

, the CIS team made personnel adjustments. The next 45 minutes were the team's last stubbornness. They kept besieging the Scots and wanted to try to create miracles, but this effort was quickly replaced by the anxiety caused by not scoring. In the 83rd minute, the Scots grabbed the gap and fought back with the ball. The CIS Georgian defender Zhadaze caused another disaster. The Scots won a penalty at the last moment of the game, completely ending the CIS European Cup journey and also put an end to the Soviet team's era.

The best record in the history of the Soviet team: to win the 1960 European Cup

Wenshijun said

The match against the Scottish team is the 406th and last game of the Soviet team. In previous matches with Germany and the Netherlands, the CIS teams have proved that they can play excellent defensive football. But the Scotland game exposed the team's weakness in offense. In order to advance, the CIS team had to attack, but the effect was counterproductive, and in the end they had to say goodbye with regret, just like this country. Head coach Anatoli Beschavitz expressed his regret, believing that his team had the opportunity to win the championship and put a perfect end to Soviet football. Just like the last sentence left on this team:

" I'm not sure if our future will meet, but we missed the excellent opportunity to become a champion. "

reference

Vitalie Elapetov: "How We Lose to the Drunk Scots"

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