The choice russian football will play a friendly match next October 12 ° in the view of Cameroon at the stadium Dynamo Moscow. Cameroon, a team that participated in the last World Cup in Qatar, has agreed to face Russia, a country excluded from all competitions in March 2022 due to the war in Ukraine, according to the newspaper “Sport-Express” today .
The confirmation of the confrontation between the Russian and African teams comes when there is a storm in Cameroon with Samuel Eto’o, president of the Federation, in the eye of the storm. The former international was accused of inciting the manipulation of results and asked FIFA to disqualify him, as it did Luis Rubiales.
Until now, the only World Cup team that faced the Slavic team was Qatarwhich drew at home against Russia (1-1) on September 12.
The team led by Valeri Karpin also played two games in September against Egyptian Olympic teamagainst which they achieved one draw (1-1) and one loss (1-2).
The Russian team, which became a quarterfinalist in the 2018 World Cup, is without playing an official match from November 2021 to September 2022.
Due to the difficulty of finding rivals – the Bosnian footballers opposed after the approval of their federation – the Russians had to play in places like Kyrgyzstan (1-2), Tajikistan (0-0), Uzbekistan (0-0) e Iran (1-1).
The Russians did not play a friendly match at home until last March in St. Petersburgwhere they defeated the modest Iraq (2-0).
Last week UEFA extends Russia’s exclusion from international tournaments, which aspires to compete in the qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup in Germany.
Source: La Verdad
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