Koloskov saw a couple of tricks in a possible match between Russia and Nigeria

St. Petersburg, July 18, Sergey Yaremenko. Honorary President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Vyacheslav Koloskov said that the Nigerian national team would be a good sparring partner for the Russian national team, but to hold such a match you need to get permission from the International Football Federation (FIFA). Earlier, Nigerian Ambassador to Russia Abdullahi Shehu said in an interview that his country is open to cooperation with Russia in the field of football, is ready to sign contracts with Russian players and coaches.» The Nigerian team is one of the strongest in Africa. It would be a very good sparring partner for the Russian national team. In this sense, it would be nice to have «friendly match. But the question is how much will it cost to fly to Nigeria for the sake of one game. It might be more expedient to host them in Russia. There is a problem with obtaining permission from FIFA for this match. I have no big difficulties here I see, but formally we must obtain such permission. The summary is this: it would be nice to play with them, but you have to calculate everything,» Koloskov said.