Russian football team: "We Can More"

 This is the story of creation and life of the Russian national football team, which went through different things, but one is

Prehistory

In 1912, the first time in Russia there was a football team, and she was called the team of the Russian Empire. Formally, the national team of the Russian Empire lasted until 1923, when it replaced the team name of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), and then in 1925 to the team of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

First truly significant for the national difficulties, touched her in 1990, because this year refused to participate in the championship, "Guria" from Lanchkhuti and Tbilisi "Dinamo", and then "Zalgiris" from Vilnius. However, the winter of 1991, the official delegation of the Soviet Union, it is certainly the team was able to take part in the European Championship Finals, to be held in 1992 and the holding of the World Cup which was planned in 1994. Team of the USSR ceased to exist de facto in the day when it was announced the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and on 21 December 1991. Benefit of helping to resolve the situation the European Union of Football Federations (UEFA), which still allowed the USSR national team to participate in the European Championship in 1992 under the banner of the CIS team.

The Russian Football Union (RFU) was established in 1992 on February 8 and he officially called himself the successor of the Football Federation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. And in turn, the summer of 1992 FIFA Congress officially recognized the Russian national team full member of the International Football Federation.

Sadyrin Paul became the first coach of the Russian national team, and under his leadership the team won in his first official match in the World Cup qualifiers in 1994. 1-0 Russian team defeated the team of Spain October 14, 1992. It is worth noting that in this case as a financial reward for his victory featured sum equal to two thousand dollars. Later, in autumn 1993 the Russian national team won its main sponsor - Russian Joint Stock Company (RAO) "Gazprom".

Our time

Mutko head of the Russian Football Union (RFU) March 1, 2006 reported that Guus Hiddink will become the head coach of the Russian national team. The Russian Football Union is not scared salary Hiddink, who is one of the highest paid coaches in the world, equal to 4 million euros a year, because the salary offered to pay the coach Roman Abramovich.

Final assessment of the coach from the Netherlands were the words now Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who noted that Hiddink handled with this task though is that the team did not get to the World Cup in 2010, was, of course, failed. But according Mutko important in Hiddink that he changed the attitude to football in Russia, and to the national team in the world. The image of the Russian team all worked, and the press conference with Hiddink, and draw, and press conferences, and presentations. At that moment, when Guus Hiddink took over Russia's national team, she was still in the 39th place in the FIFA rankings, and thanks to the coordinated work of the team and the coach went up to the 6th position rankings. Mutko noted that the qualifying draw of the 2012 European Championship, Russia was in the first basket, which, according to Mutko expensive.

In the spring of 2010 began to appear the first rumors that the Russian national football team will undertake another Dutch coach Dick Advocaat, who already knew Russia for his work as a team "Zenit" St. Petersburg.

 

The Russian Football Union has signed a contract with the Dutchman Dick Advocaat July 15, 2010 on a "2 +2" to take into account the possibility of renewal in fall 2011.Then the financial clauses of the contract with the Dutch coach of the RFU not announced, but the relentless media dared to assume that we are in a contract is about 3.5 million euros, plus bonuses, put in the case of winning the Russian national team at the European Championship in 2012 to 7,000,000 euro. Then the company "Norilsk Nickel" offered an official sponsor of the Russian national team in the period 2010-2011, which promised to secure financial support amounting to 12 million dollars a year. But despite the successful for the Russian team qualifying group, the experts did not consider the output of the Russian team in the final of Euro 2012 certified, and soon, the company "Norilsk Nickel" stated the possibility of non-guaranteed financial support.Professionals, the quality of new coach felt positive, and especially highlighted reasonable stiffness Dick with players, and its well-established relationship with the head of the Russian Football Union Sergei Fursenko.

Dick Advocaat, using harsh measures imposed on all the time charges "dry law" for all the national team players, provided the team home matches on natural grass, increased the number of friendlies, engaged thorough training of young players, as well as in the days of the qualifying games Advocaat asked to limit communication football team of Russia with the press that some journalists after the match against Andorra in the fall of 2010, regarded as some of the media boycott because of misconduct fans Russian team.

In addition, the lawyer decides to keep the current squad, and build a game on a "4-1-2-3."

Then Dick Advocaat has set a main goal - to qualify for Euro 2012. The Russian national football team, went to the European Championship in 2012 with the first place in the group, having suffered just one defeat from Slovakia with 0:1 and, therefore, the goal has been achieved. Miraculously not scoring, the players controlled the Russian national team home game with the Republic of Ireland, which ended with the score 0-0, and was really good for the Russian team for the last two years. A formal right to participate in the European Championship Russian team earned by defeating the team of Andorra in "Luzhniki" 6-0. It is worth noting that at the beginning of the 2012 European Championship unbeaten Russian team was 14 goals.

Opponents of the Russian national football team began in Greece, the Czech Republic and Poland. Confident play Russian team showed in the first match against the Czech Republic, winning the last 4-1. But in the next match against the team of Poland, the Russian team showed less dramatic results, almost miraculously scoring one goal of the Polish team, and later received a positive response from the last goal. The fates decreed that the match ended in a draw 1:1.