“I am not going to watch the rest of the tournament. But I will support Belgium. I like their coach Roberto Martinez. I know him personally. When I was in Bruges, we met and he was complaining that 'this one is not fit, and that one is not fit.' And I watched him and thought 'I wish I had your problems,'" Cherchesov said on Russian TV.

Russia bowed out of the World Cup after losing to Croatia on penalties in the quarter-finals on Saturday while Belgium beat five-time champions Brazil 2-1 to reach the semi-finals for the first time in 32 years. The Red Devils will take on neighbors and 1998 champions France in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.

Russia is hosting its first-ever FIFA World Cup, with the final set to be played at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.