Rostov and Russian national team football player Nikolai Komlichenko talked about the possibility of the transition of the Russian Football Union (RFU) to the Asian Confederation after the friendly match with Iran.
The match took place in Tehran on March 23 and ended with a score of 1-1.
“Flying is scary. We discussed this within the team. And one thing, plus or minus, there is no great desire to constantly play in such conditions.
I really don’t want to. There is nothing really super cool. I don’t know Well, and fly a lot to constantly play on these types of pitches… Only in Iran the pitch is more or less the quality of the four countries we’ve been to.
Iran is a good competitor. And in the rest, if there are opponents like autumn… Such opponents must be defeated,” the football player is quoted as saying. “News”.
In 2022, the Russian team managed to hold three friendly matches with teams from Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
On March 26, the national teams of Russia and Iraq will play a friendly match at Gazprom Arena. It starts at 18:00 Moscow time.
Recall that in the spring of 2022 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.
With the Iraqi national team spoke on security in Russia.