"The Czech killed us": as the national team Russian Federation exempted from the World Cup

The national team Russian Federation in the summer of 1998 for the first time passed large tournament. The team could not be selected to France to the World Cup. However it is considered that the reason football skill became far not. Federal state unitary enterprise RAMI "RIA Novosti" Sports remembers the most scandalous match in the history of the national team Russian Federation. At the time of fall of 1997 the Russian fans got used to much. To scandals of players and guides to an occasion prize-winning and ugly form. To that the structure is formed on personal preferences of trainers, instead of proceeding from force and readiness of football players. To that the overestimated expectations from the national team on big tournaments —...