4th year student of the Volga region Academy of sports, CSKA midfielder Ilzat Akhmetov on March 21 made his debut for the Russian national football team in the match of the qualifying tournament Euro 2020 with Belgium. The Russians lost 1: 3. Ilzat played without substitutions the whole match and earned quite high ratings of experts and the press.
After the match in an interview with "Sport-Express" he said:
– When you play against the best teams in the world, the level is visible. We must strive to play on the same. And we must not make mistakes. For them we're being punished today... the task Was to control the ball, keep the pressure, to raise his head. Were the pieces good, were – not very.  Eden hazard (attacking leader of the Belgian national team and Chelsea scored twice in this match, approx. ed.) - of course, a big player. He's hard to resist. He has a great speed. He's tough.
We will remind, Akhmetov moved to CSKA from "the ruby" in the summer of 2018. In the composition of the army spent 21 game.