Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko told reporters after attending his national team's training sessions yesterday that the players know the importance of Tuesday's clash with the Pharaohs in Saint Petersburg.
He stated to the press that "The second game will be our most important one in the group stage," said Mutko. "In the first match, everyone saw how much the players cared," he said. "If we play up to our level, I don't see any problems."
Mutko, who oversaw a budget of more than 13 billion dollars while overseeing the preparations for Russia's, is the most powerful official in Russian football and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin.
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