St. PETERSBURG, Oct 24, Dmitry Edigarev. Former president of Lokomotiv Moscow Olga Smorodskaya, in a conversation with, called the situation in which the Russian national team has to play friendly matches against teams such as the Zanzibar national team depressing.
Sport-Express previously reported that the Russian Football Union (RFU) is negotiating with the Zanzibar Football Federation to hold a friendly match between national teams in 2024.
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"The Russian national team has a difficult situation, because there is no one to play with. The version of the game against Zanzibar looks completely depressing, but we need to somehow maintain our form. I hope that football life will improve and we will get out of this crisis,” said Smorodskaya.
FIFA and UEFA in February 2022 suspended Russian national teams and clubs from participating in international competitions for an indefinite period due to the events in Ukraine. The Russian national team played ten friendly matches after the introduction of sanctions.