The Bosnia and Herzegovina team will play a friendly match against Russia, according to the Balkan country’s Football Federation (NFSBiH), which has accepted Russia’s proposal in this regard.
The friendly will be held on November 19 in Saint Petersburg, according to a brief statement published on the federation’s website.
The Bosnian portal Faktor indicated that the NFSBiH Emergency Committee decided on friendship against Russia with five votes in favor and one against.
Sportsport media indicated that Russia’s offer for the match came at the end of August and that NFSBiH consulted UEFA, which responded that it was not opposed to the match because it was not in its ability to conduct friendly matches.
In reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UEFA and FIFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from their competitions at the end of February.
Russia has not played since November
Russia has not played an official match since last November 14 fell to the lowest in Croatia (1-0) The defeat condemned him to the World Cup playoffs. that he no longer played due to UEFA and FIFA sanctions.
His first match since then will be a friendly on September 24 in Kyrgyzstan. In November, on a date to be determined, it is also scheduled to, in addition to Bosnia, face Iran.
Source: La Verdad
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