Winning changes everything for once-ridiculed Russian national team
by Kevin Baxter and Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times
Jun 25, 2018
3 minutes
MOSCOW - Maybe Vitaly Milonov was right. Maybe all the jokes and sarcastic songs and abuse heaped on the Russian national team heading into the World Cup were misplaced.
Once dismissed as something of a national embarrassment, the Russian team has become a national treasure heading into Monday's group-stage finale with Uruguay. It is already assured of a spot in the knockout stage of a World Cup for the first time since
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