The wife of the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin Daria told how she got acquainted with football. According to Karpina, her entire family has been associated with this sport since childhood.

“Every time I see a question about getting to know football. Many of you already know that my dad is a youth coach and an experienced fan, so football has been on TV for days since childhood.

I remember the first trip to the stadium. It was on vacation in Simferopol. I don't remember the game and the team, only the seeds. Of course, I was rooting for my father's team of young men, we went with the girls to support them. Although it's more easy to stare at the boys, I must admit.

When I got older (about 15 years old), we often watched RPL matches together, dad explained the rules in parallel, then it was already becoming interesting.

By the way, my cousin played in the Zenit academy, Rostov's double (with Dima Chistyakov), and now in the St. Petersburg Kristall in a beach club. In short, football has always been in my life, just in different concentrations, ”Karpina wrote.

The Russian national team is ranked first in Group H of the 2022 World Cup qualifier with 19 points in 8 matches. Croatia comes in second with 17 points.

On November 14, Croatians will play with the Russian national team in the final round of the group stage of selection for the World Championship, the meeting starts at 17.00 (Moscow time).

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