MOSCOW Russia (Reuters) - Russia's Minister for Sport Vitaly Mutko has defended national team coach Fabio Capello in the wake of criticism from fans and local media following their first-round World Cup exit.
“Capello helped us to reach the World Cup finals. It certainly would not have been a given that we would have reached Brazil with someone else,” Mutko said on Monday in a briefing with Russian journalists.
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