On June 5 this year, a few days before the start of the World Cup, Russia touched the end.

The 1-1 draw in the match with Turkey, which dropped this team to the 70th place in the FIFA ranking, the lowest position among the 32 participating teams as well as 7 unbeaten matches were leading the Russian representative to equalize the record its most negative.

Pessimism around Russia grew even worse after the injuries of Kokorin, Dzhikiya, Vasin and Kambolov.

“I’m not a psychologist to calm people, but no one should worry,” Cherchesov said.

But tension was growing for Russia, which in the Confederations Cup failed to pass even the group stage. Despite all that, Cherchesov demanded support for his team, adding that fans have to wait before reaching the conclusion.

The time was right for Russia’s coach. Wins against Saudi Arabia 5-0 and Egypt 3-1 have made Russia the best organizing team in terms of the first two matches of a World Cup.

Russia has scored more goals in the 180-minute game, eight more than in the previous seven games. It is the same number of goals that served Spain to be the world’s champion in South Africa in 2010./Flashsport24