President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko called on football players to pay more attention to training. He stated this during a speech in front of the players of the Dynamo Youth Football Club, reports the Telegram Channel Pool of the first.
The head of the republic advised young athletes to train on a daily basis. “You must do this every day. Every day from morning to evening,” he noted.
Lukashenko also recommended them to sleep with the ball under the pillow. “If you do not understand this – you are not football players,” the president concluded.
Before that, the head of the republic commented on the defeat of the Belarusian team of Belarus in a football match with Iceland. According to him, he was ashamed to watch it. At the same time, he links to unprofessionalism and poor training of football players.
Previously, during a meeting on the development of the Sports Sphere of Lukashenko, criticized Belarusian athletes for results on the Olympiad in Tokyo. He stressed that it was impossible to allow such a “failure” on the following summer Olympics, which will be held in Paris in 2024.