Russia, the friendly champion »forbidden by UEFA and FIFA in official competitions, is undefeated by 21 matches

Just a few days after Russia invaded Ukraine, UEFA and FIFA decided to ban Russian teams in the competitions they manage. Thus, the first representative of Russia has found it unable to play official matches, although in just one month he was going to dispute the dam for qualifying at the 2022 World Championship.

Exclusions from official competitions, including qualifications for European and World Championships, the Russians have played only friendly matches in recent years.

There were 21 parties so far (14 wins, 7 draws), in which the most notable opponents were Serbia, Camero and Nigeria. In fact, with the exception of Belarus, and it is sanctioned by UEFA for involvement in the Ukraine war, Serbia is the only European representative who has agreed to play against Russia from the outbreak of military conflict.

Russia is the friendly champion: undefeated by 21 matches

Friday evening the most recent of these duels took place in the company Iran. The Russian team, continued to be prepared by Valery Karpin, won 2-1, the goals being signed by Dmitriy Vorobyev and Alexey Batrakov, teammates and the club team, Lokomotiv Moscow.

Besides, With the exception of goalkeeper Matvey Safonov, Chevalier's reserve at PSG, all the players of Russia come from the internal championship: 4 from Lokomotiv, 3 from Dinamo Moscow, two from Rostov, one from Zenit.

Throughout the lot, this action was only one another player who evolves outside Russia: Aleksey Mirachuk, midfielder at Atlanta United, in MLS. Aleksandr Golovin would have been, but the captain of Russia is currently injured.

Also this month, on October 14, Russia will face the selection of Bolivia, and in November it has paraphrased friendly matches with two other South American, Peru and Chile selected.

Who did Russia play the 21 friendly matches:

• Kygyzstan (V)

• Tadjikistan (s)

• Uzbekistan (s)

• 2 vs. Iran (1V, 1e)

• Iraq (v)

• 2 vs. Qatar (1V, 1e)

• Cameroon (v)

• Kenya (e)

• Cuba (v)

• Serbia (v)

• 2 vs. Belarus (2V)

• Vietnam (V)

• Brunei (v)

• Syria (V)

• Grenada (v)

• Zambia (v)

• Nigeria (e)

• Jordan (s)

11-0It is the highest registered score, against the small representative in Brunei, an island country located on the island of Borneo, to the southeast of Asia.