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World Cup 2018: Expectation is very high for this Russia team but I don’t know why, admits Leonid Slutsky

Former Hull boss explains why he thinks his country's national side is struggling as they prepare to face Saudi Arabia

TODAY IS the most important match for the Russian national team in its whole history.

The mood, the expectation, the reaction of our people depends on the first game against Saudi Arabia.

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Russia head into their own tournament as one of the lowest ranked teamsCredit: Getty - Contributor

These are exciting times. Expectation is very high. This is normal in Russian football — but I don’t know why!

Since the Soviet Union broke up, we have had only one successful event, the Euros in 2008, when we qualified from the group and reached the semi-finals.

Otherwise we didn’t qualify for the tournament or went out in the group stage.

There was a terrible reaction to the World Cup in 2014 and to Euro 2016.

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