The Russian national team will play a friendly match against Iraq on March 27. It has been reported “Sport Express”.
According to the source, the match will be played in Sochi. Earlier, it was reported that Iraq invited the Russian national team to the opening of the stadium in Baghdad, and that the Russian Football Union (RFU) invited Iraqi representatives to Sochi with a reply letter.
On the eve of the RFU, previously published information about the place and time of the friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Iran was confirmed, the meeting will be held on March 23 in Tehran.
Recall that the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Association of European Football Associations (UEFA) decided to exclude the Russian national team and all Russian clubs from participation in all competitions controlled by these organizations.
In 2022, the Russian national team played three friendly matches with the teams of Asia – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Valery Karpin’s wards played their last official match in November 2021 in the 2022 World Cup qualifying match against Croatia (0:1).
Former Manchester United football player Andrei Kanchelskis gave an opinionLokomotiv’s striker Artem Dzyuba said that he should not be called to the Russian national team for the friendly match to be played with the Iranian national team.