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Hello, this is Gia Saralidze for VK, and, as usual, we are talking about football. In a few hours, a qualifying match of the World Cup between Russia and Ireland will take place, and nothing can be more important than that for Russian fans.
There will also be warm-up matches, and this match will be held in addition to them, although it was scheduled for March.
It was postponed in Ireland because of bad weather conditions, and then it was even cancelled. There was a lot of talk about this.
Our team was quite successful in those days due to Fabio Capello's work, and it seemed that another victory, when our rivals lost their points, could provide us with a ticket to Brazil.
But the weather was bad. Many people said: our team is much stronger in any case, and we can play later, it is not so important.
There were people who said: in August, after the difficult game with the Portuguese, everything will be quite different, including from the psychological point of view.
And that was the case. The Russian team has one loss now. The Portuguese beat the Russian team 1-0, and we lost three points. The Portuguese must be inspired now.
Of course, everything depends on our team now, and it can beat the Irish team even on its own pitch.
Of course, Fabio Capello knows this team quite well. Everything is all right.
But it must be said that, compared to March, the Russian team is not in the mood it was in March.
The point is not the players who left the team, such as Berezutsky.
We can mention lots of players who will not participate in this match, but this is football, and there are always some injured.
The point is the general situation of Russian football. Since the start of the championship, we have already had five resignations of chief coaches.
We have long and unclear rumours and intrigues around Fabio Capello, which are numerous, though he denies them.
This affects the mood of the team.
This is the mess around Anzhi FC, which many players of our national team play for, including Zhirkov, who will not participate in the match, and Denisov, with his complicated character.
This atmosphere is inside the team and around it. It creates a very unpleasant background ahead of a very important match.
I hope that Fabio Capello is quite sage and self-confident, and he is always the main "star" of the team.
I hope this mechanism will help to gather the players and let them forget all the problems around the team and do their best during the match.
If the team does its best, it will inevitably win.
Northern Ireland is a rival which can be beaten, and Fabio Capello's team can prove this.
It just needs to play its game and to forget all the problems.
The match will take place soon. Watch it, support the Russian team, and in a few days we will discuss the match on VK.
Good bye!
