President Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenko criticized Sergei Kovalchuk, Minister of Sports and Tourism, during a live broadcast. – The World Cup is underway. Sergey Mikhailovich, somehow I did not notice our players there – he said on Thursday (December 15), as quoted by the country’s official website belarus.by.

Alexander Lukashenko disappointed with the state of Belarusian football: As a former footballer, I’m terrified

On Thursday, Lukashenko took part in a meeting with Sergei Kovalchuk, Minister of Sports and Tourism, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Belarus Igor Łucki, Deputy Prime Minister Ihar Pietryszenko and National Olympic Committee President Viktor Lukashenko. The conversation was broadcast live. “It’s hard to believe that this is not satire,” commented journalist Francis Scarr, posting a video of the meeting.

– What else is needed for our teams, our athletes to perform at the highest level? During this meeting, I would like to hear what is missing, what sports fields, facilities and others are needed to win 20-30 medals in the Olympic Games. We did it when we had no sports facilities, he explained Lukashenko.

Finally, the President of Belarus turned to Minister Kovalchuk, asking ironic questions about the participation of Belarusian athletes in the World Cup and stressing that athletes do not occupy high places. – I compare the performance of our players with the football played today in the league ¶shed. And as a former footballer who played a lot of football, I’m just terrified.” – Moreover, these players show such results in winter.

According to Lukashenko, football and other sports in the country are “in serious trouble”. – When I named you [ministrem – red.]I was hoping that you, as a military person who loves sports and knows it, would turn the situation around, Lukashenko continued, asking “where are these results.”

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Belarus failed to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar

As he recalls independent.co.ukBelarus did not qualify for the World Cup in Qatartaking last place in his band. They only won one out of eight matches. In a game with Belgium Belarus lost to 8:0. Belarus has never qualified for a World Cup final since becoming an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1990. After Russia invaded Ukraine, Belarus has been excluded from a large part parties sports.

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