Rodrigo Paiva, Media Relations Director of the Brazilian Football Confederation, says: Sports24 He announced the possibility of playing a friendly match with the Russian national team.
Paiva said that the 2024 match schedule of the Brazilian national team has already been confirmed and therefore it will be difficult to find a window for the match with Russia.
“The issue of organizing a friendly match in 2025 is being discussed, but it is too early to talk about this. “If we have the opportunity to play next year and our federations accept it, we will inform about it,” Paiva said.
In the spring of 2022, the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) decided to suspend the participation of the Russian national team and all Russian clubs in all competitions controlled by these organizations.
On November 20, Valery Karpin’s team in Volgograd won a crushing victory against the Cuban team with a score of 8:0. It was reported that the result of the match will be taken into account in the FIFA rankings.
In the updated FIFA rankings, the Russian national team is in 38th place and Brazil is in fifth place.
Previously at RFU appreciated There is a possibility of a match with Brazil.