Yuri Semin: “I hope the Russian national team will have many matches with eminent rivals. With the same Iran, Saudi Arabia"

The well-known Russian coach Yuri Semin told what he thinks about the prospects for the national team of his country in the coming year in the context of the ongoing isolation in the football world.

“I hope that in 2023 the Russian team will play many friendly matches with eminent rivals. The same Iran or Saudi Arabia are participants in the 2022 World Cup. It would be interesting to see them as sparring partners.

There are Latin American countries that might want to play with us. There are options. I think the RFU is doing a lot of work in this direction. Friendly games should definitely be held, ”RB Sport quotes Semin as saying.