WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : WORLD CUP ’94 / DAILY REPORT

Moscow sportswriter Melor Sturua, compares the possible success of the Russian team to the possible success of Russia itself:

“(The Russian team) has a special quality. It cannot be measured scientifically, and is thus by most accounts unpromising. One can only believe in the current team blindly, casting reason aside, as must any true fan in Russia. And not just of soccer.”