Head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin expressed hope for a return to international competition.
On March 26, the Russian national team held a control match once morest the youth team, in which they won with a score of 1:0.
On March 24, the main team was supposed to play a qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup, however, by decision of FIFA, the Russian teams and the national team were suspended from international matches. “I still hope for this (return), and it’s hard to say what preconditions for this can be. The situation is changing every day. For now, we can only hope for the best. It will be, as you said, a triumph of justice and common sense. Ideally, we should qualify for the play-offs for qualifying for the World Cup. And how it will look, probably, is not for me to decide, ”- transmits words of the teacher TASS.
The Polish national team, which was Russia’s rival in the semi-final play-off match, did not receive an opponent in return and will play in the final once morest the Swedish national team.
The match between the Ukrainian national team and the Scottish national team was postponed to June due to the inability of the Ukrainian national team to assemble a team.
The draw for the 2022 World Cup will take place on April 1 in Doha.
