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Already at the World Cup finals surprised the Russians the world of football and the whole country swam since then on an euphoric wave. Apparently, the Sbornaja, who were able to successfully shape their opening match in the Nations League on Matchday 1 against Turkey, is also riding on it. Head coach Stanislaw Tschertschessow’s team this week have another chance to make a splash and score points in their two home games against Sweden and Turkey, which in a positive case might even mean a preliminary decision in the fight for group victory.
But the Turks are after the missed World Cup qualification as well as the opening defeat in the Nations League against the Russians for reparation and have made after the victory on Matchday 2 against the Swedes a first step. With a victory against the Russian selection of the fight for the group victory would be at least open again. Whether the Turks succeed on Sunday, however, is questionable, because in the friendly match during the week against the selection of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Turks at home remained as pale as the Russians against the Swedes. Both games finally ended with a goalless draw, which was certainly not foreseeable in terms of the goal statistics for both teams this year. For the upcoming game on Sunday (14.10.2018) it is difficult to say if and in which direction the pointer will turn out in the end.
Russia:
As hosts of the last World Cup, the Russians were of course directly qualified. While the entire football world had expected a lackluster departure in the preliminary round, surprised the team of chief coach Stanislaw Tschertschessow but on the whole line. Although followed on two significant preliminary round wins against Saudi Arabia (5: 0) and Egypt (3: 1) first a crude defeat against Uruguay (0: 3). Nevertheless, the entry was perfect in the knockout round, where the Sbornaja first won the round of 16 against the Spanish team (1: 1, 2: 1 nE), before in the quarterfinals against the eventual runners-up Croatia followed the scorching on penalties (1: 1, 2: 3 nE).
Anyone who thought that the Russians would fall back into old patterns after the World Cup is so far mistaken. In the opening match of the Nations League in Turkey, the Tschertschessow-Eleven in Turkey was able to secure the first three points in the new competition with an appealing performance and a 2-1 victory. Judging by the statistics, the Turks certainly had a little more of the game, but there were plenty of opportunities over there and over. The next exclamation point put the Sbornaja in friendly match against the selection of the Czech Republic. In Rostov, the Russians celebrated with a 5-1 win a veritable shooter celebration. The Swedes did not want to win last Thursday, but at least the Russians were able to clinch the fourth point in the Nations League in the final scoreless duel of the quarter-finalists of the last World Cup. Thus Russia is unbeaten in the first place before the fourth matchday and could make a big step towards group victory with a win against the Turks.
Turkey:
At the World Cup finals in Russia, the Turks were not represented again. In qualifying Ay-Yıldızlılar (the lunar stars, as the Turkish national football team is also called) failed clearly Iceland and Croatia. The bitter record was four wins, three draws and three defeats. The biggest handicap was the Turks away, where only one win against Kosovo could be made. Against Croatia (1: 1) and Finland (2: 2), it was enough at least to a draw, while in Iceland and Ukraine were at the end of two 0-2 bankruptcies.
As a result, the elf of head coach Mircea Lucescu also failed to pull his head out of the noose. Overall, the Turkish national team won only three victories from the last ten games (balance: 3-4-3). At least the victory against Sweden on Matchday 2 of the Nations League was very important, as it has significantly increased the chances of relegation and maybe even the group victory. Also the self-esteem should not have hurt, especially since the success was retracted only after an interim two-goal deficit in the second half, where Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Emre Akbaba ensured with his brace for the 3-2 final score. On the first matchday against the Russians, this turnaround did not succeed, although an early backlog could be compensated interim. In the second half, the Lucescu-Eleven was then even on the trigger, but was skittered by tactically clever -playing Russians classic and finally went with a 1: 2 defeat from the square. In the dress rehearsal during the week, only a goalless draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina succeeded. In view of the recent results of the Bosnians (including two victories in the Nations League), this was quite acceptable. That the game ended scoreless, was certainly not expected. For the first time after eight goals-rich games, the Turkey remained without their own goal success (previously on average almost two hits).
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