Advisor to the President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) and member of the Council of International Football Federation (FIFA) Alexey Sorokin answered which European teams are ready to play with Russia. His words are quoted “Bookmaker rating”.
“Only Serbia and Belarus. As far as I know, that’s all for now. However, every effort is made to provide the team with worthy opponents. Whether they will be from Europe, Latin America or Asia is not that important. What matters is their level. Moving to Asia? Today we live with the decisions taken by the RFU. “There will be other decisions, we will live with them,” Sorokin said.
On March 21, the Russian team faced the European team for the first time in the last two years. Valery Karpin’s team defeated Serbia with a score of 4:0 in Moscow. A match with the Belarusian national team is planned to be held in Minsk in June 2024.
In the spring of 2022, FIFA and UEFA decided to suspend the participation of the Russian national team, as well as all Russian clubs, in all competitions controlled by these organizations.
UEFA made an attempt to return the Russian youth team to the international arena, but in the autumn of 2023 the organization’s board of directors annulled the decision on admission.
Previously Cherchesov spoke About the level of the Russian national team.