Ivan OrekhovCorrespondent SportAll materialsAlmost nine months have passed since the last match of the Russian national football team. On November 14, 2021, the guys of Valery Karpin fought in Split with the Croats for a direct entry to the World Cup in Qatar. It did not work out — they went to the joints. But they did not wait: after the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) made the toughest possible decision, leaving Russian teams and clubs without international competition for an indefinite period. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) did not help domestic football — the «indefinite period» continues to this day. And finally, the first news on the new realities of the national team. The team will play a friendly match against Kyrgyzstan on September 24 in Bishkek, and in November they will face off against Iran.
