Former president of Lokomotiv Moscow, Olga Smorodskaya, supported the decision to cancel the friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Paraguay due to the tragedy in Crocus “Sports Express”.
“It is absolutely the right decision. I support it. How can you have fun when there is so much pain? This is terrible pain,” Smorodskaya said.
The meeting was supposed to be held on March 25 at the VTB Arena in Moscow. It is not yet known whether the match will be played in the future. Luis Kanonnikoff, General Secretary of the Paraguayan Football Federation saidIt was stated that the decision to cancel the match was a joint decision with the Russian Football Union (RFU).
On March 21, Russians defeated Serbia with a score of 4:0. The goals of the match were scored by Anton Miranchuk, Maxim Osipenko and Alexey Miranchuk, who converted the penalty. In the 88th minute, Arsen Zakharyan sent the fourth ball to the Serbian goal, but the goal was canceled due to Ivan Sergeev being offside.
It was previously reported that the Gagarin Cup match between Spartak and Metallurg would be played. affected Because of the terrorist attack in Crocus.