Russian football is in fact already in Asia: the national team's next sparring

The exiled "Russian team" from all competitions will play a "friendly" match against another "friendly" team at the end of March.

According to Mehdi Taj, president of the Iranian Football Federation, this team will play the Russians in the FIFA window on 20-28 March. The second sparring partner for the Iranians during this period will be Iraq.

Last year, the Russian underdog team played "friendly" matches against Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.