Russia takes on the visitor Turkey at “Arena CSKA” in the international friendly match. The game will be played in Moscow on Tuesday, June 5th.
Russia is going through an extremely unsuccessful series of friendly tackles and it looks like it does that to lower public’s expectations on the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup start. However, these failures are the real state of things. Defeats from Argentina, Brazil and France can be explained by difference in class, but 0:1 loss from Austria is a real disappointment. It’s possible that we’ll see another well-balanced side in the upcoming Mundial, nevertheless, I assume that the side is far from good conditions. It’s quite difficult to find certain tactical plan as the footballers are neither doing their best to achieve a result nor seem to have enough experience on the highest level as very few of them perform abroad as well as at the advanced stages of the Eurocups.
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In its turn, Turkey didn’t qualify to the final stage of the Mundial, thus, the forthcoming fight against Russia has no such great significance for the visitors as it has for the hosts. Bearing this in mind, tricky Mircea Lucescu engaged the reserved line-up which is well-motivated instead of the main squad. In the latest battles Turkey had beaten Iran 2:1 and then gained 2:2 draw against Tunisia which is remarkable as both Iran and Tunisia have promoted to the final stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup final stage unlike the Turks. The question is: is Russians strong enough to break Turkey’s four-clash undefeated streak as the latter have also upset Ireland and Montenegro. Mircea Lucescu knows how to work with young talents as he is an extremely experienced coach and the results of his cooperation with the Turkish national side are very good seen. The forthcoming visitors have lost only three out of last 18 encounters conducted. Thus, the team is on a good pace as well as in excellent conditions now.
It is quite possible that the Russians will manage to cut their losing run in the upcoming fight against Turkey as the opponents are not that strong plus the home-field factor must help as well. However, Russia doesn’t look to be the absolute favourite of this game as it was Turkey Russian started it’s preparation for the home Mundial with. That clash was finished in 0:0 draw, thus, I believe that the visitors will at least not fail the next tackle.
Prediction for the match: Turkey to win with +0.5 Asian handicap (X2).
