In the coming days, the Russian team will play two more friendly matches. This time her rivals will be Nigeria and Belarus. Thus, there were more willing to play with “Sborna”, despite the fact that it from March 2022, i.e. from the armed invasion to Ukraine, remains suspended in international competitions, which was determined by FIFA and UEFA. Each of the national teams who wants to face the aggressor is criticized, but they don't seem to worry about it. Allegedly, now another nation decided to try her hand in the east. It's shocking because they are … current world champions.
Argentina will play with Russia? The approximate sparring date has been set
This information was provided by a Russian telegram. Allegedly, work is underway to meet Russia with Argentina, and thus the current world champion and the first FIFA ranking team. The match would take place on November 10-18, 2025. Ba, a preliminary agreement was to be reached. What's more, the management of the stadium, where the sparring may occur, was already banned from organizing cultural events on these days.
“The Sun” also referred to these reports, who announced that in a situation where the teams will actually reach an agreement, the biggest stars will probably not come to Russia, with Leo Messi at the forefront. “This is due to the fact that Western sponsors would probably not feel comfortable if their partners played in the aggressor's state,” we read.
There is a voice from Russia on a match against Argentina
A few hours later, Walerij Karpin, a selector of the Russian team, referred to information about a possible friendly match with the world champions. – As far as I know, the Secretary General of RFU Maksim Mitrofanov denied information about the match with Argentina. There are no agreements. Is it possible? Perhaps yes. But this is not a fact – he said, quoted by Sport -Express.ru. In turn, Championat.com added that the secretary has actually confirmed that there are no agreements so far, but it is possible to play such a meeting. “Many factors have to ride,” we read.
See also: Grosicki drove around Lewandowski's decision. “Never”.
For the last time, Russia played an international match in November 2021. A few months later she was excluded from competition. This happened, among others Due to the opposition of Poland, which refused to play with “Sborna” in the play -offs to participate in the 2022 World Championships.