Excluded from official FIFA and UEFA competitions, Russia has not played friendly matches for almost three years. In its list of requests, the RFS would have ticked off a few names of African selections, including Senegal.
A friendly meeting between Sbornaya and the Lions? This is an idea that would not be ruled out by the Russian Football Federation (RFS), if the newspaper's information is anything to go by. The World. Excluded from official FIFA and UEFA competitions since his “special operationale” in Ukraine, launched by its president Vladimir Putin, in February 2022, the Russian football selection must therefore be content with friendly confrontations.
After having notably played against a few Asian nations, the team coached by Valeri Karpine, former midfielder of RCD Mallorca and Real Sociedad, would now look to Africa, which beat Cameroon in October 2023. In addition to a friendly in June 2025 against Nigeria, Russia would also make eyes at the Senegalese and Guinean selections on the same FIFA date at the end of the 2024-2025 season (June).
The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), for its part, has not yet received an official note from its Russian counterpart, we are told. It remains to be seen whether the selection now led by Pape Bouna Thiaw would be inclined to play against a nation pinned by severals other countries. Even if the new Senegalese government and Russia have recently expressed their desire to strengthen their relations of friendship and cooperation.
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