“It's my own fault.” Russian football player made a confession about naturalization into the Kazakhstan national team – Football

Former defender “Rubina” And “Amkara” Alexey Popov in an interview with Sport24.ru he told why he agreed to play for Kazakhstan national teambut never played a single match for the national team of his home country, Sports.kz reports.

— Why, with such a good and eventful career, do you have zero matches for the Russian national team?
— Everything became clear to me about our team in 2008. Dima Belorukov and I had a good season for Amkar, but in the end Shirokov, who, as a defender, is an absolute zero, went to the Euro. At that time, there were some kind of agency games in the national team: many players were lobbied, but we, collective farmers, did not have any representatives. That's why they didn't take me anywhere.

— And in the end you decided to play for the national team…