Commenting on the news that the Russian national team will play a friendly match with Iran, Nikolai Naumov, the former head of Moscow Lokomotiv, said that sooner or later the national team will return to European football. Transmits words “RB Sports”.
“Playing is better than not playing. We have no choice, we won’t be allowed to enter Europe for a long time, so we have to think about who we will play a friendly match with. If the national team does not disband, sooner or later we will return to Europe. And we will come back as a completely backward country of football. I do not want us to return, ”said Naumov.
Iranian media reported the possibility of the match being postponed, citing the team’s head coach, Mehdi Tahja. Presumably, the meeting will take place between March 20-28. The women’s teams of Russia and Iran will also play among themselves.
Previously, the striker of the Iranian national team Armand Durn and the German “Bayer” Serdar Azmoun, answered to the question of whether his client would play a friendly match against the Russian team.