Russian Football Union (RFU) Secretary General Maxim Mitrofanov said that the Russian national team will play against Kenya in Turkey on the hotel field, and that it is not right to pay for a stadium with a capacity of 30 thousand people that will remain empty. Mitrofanov quotes his words “Match TV”.
“The country is approximately halfway between Russia and Kenya. This is a neutral stadium in a neutral country, so it would be naive to expect thousands of fans to attend. Mitrofanov said it was inappropriate to spend a significant amount of money to organize matches in a stadium with a capacity of 30,000 people.
Russia and Kenya national teams will meet in Turkey at Mardan Stadium on October 16 at 19.00 Moscow time. Dzhikia will be able to help the Russian team, and Osipenko will not be able to play due to his injury.
On October 12, Russian football players defeated the Cameroonian national team with a score of 1:0 in a friendly match. The goal was scored by CSKA forward Fedor Chalov.
The International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) have decided to suspend the participation of the Russian national team and all Russian clubs in all competitions controlled by these organizations in the spring of 2022. The men’s national team failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
Previously former Zenit president Leonid Tufrin acceptance Saying that the Russian national football team is no longer interesting, St. In the words of Andrei Arshavin, former football player of the St. Petersburg club.