The brilliant football of the Russian team looks suspicious – British media
The Russian national team, which occupied a low place in the FIFA rankings before the World Cup, is now showing an excellent game, which should be alarming.
About this in the material dedicated to the football championship, пишет famous British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
“There were once fears that the atmosphere during this World Cup would be hostile, intimidating, that it would be dominated by obsessive officialdom, and that English fans would be harassed by Russian ultras in balaclavas. But so far the exact opposite is happening. Russia, thanks to tourists in psychedelic outfits and a respite from its usual strict routine, is trying to live up to the spirit of Woodstock,” the publication notes.
However, the article immediately disclaims that many participants “become willing and interested propagandists,” who are ultimately happy to declare that “they have gotten rid of their prejudices, and that Russia, be that as it may, is in fact the promised land with milk rivers and jelly banks.”
“But now it’s not so easy to influence us,” says the author, pointing out that the Sochi Olympics, which was implemented on a grand scale, turned into a doping scandal and calling on people to think critically.
“Yes, it’s great for Russia that its team has shown such brilliant football, thanks to which they are about to get out of the group. But you can just as well ask the question of how a team that was ranked below Cape Verde in the FIFA rankings suddenly found the strength to beat the rest of the teams in the group final. Questions also arise in connection with recent unpleasant, “dirty” precedents. With all the invigorating openness of this World Cup and with all the exciting, heady impressions of night walks along Nikolskaya Street, there is every reason to be vigilant and closely monitor what happens next,” the British newspaper urges.
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