Denis Pervushin’s team of players born in 2006 will participate in the international tournament, which will be held from 27 May to 2 June. Russian national team and Zenit St. In addition to St. Petersburg, five local teams will play in Sao Paulo – Atletico Juventus, Corinthians, Nacional, Santos, Palmeiras and Flamengo from Rio de Janeiro. It has been reported Official website of the Russian Football Union (RFU).
Participants will play first in the group stage, then the best will play in the semi-finals.
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 participating in all competitions controlled by these organizations.
Except for Zenit, Russian clubs did not play a single match in European cups in 2022. Petersburgers stumbled in the 1/16 stage of the Europa League, losing 2:3 overall to the Spaniard “Betis”. Spartak had to play in the playoffs with RB Leipzig thanks to the group stage win.
It was previously reported that RFU is working on options with potential rivals of the Russian national team for the match in June..