Russian team defeated the national team cubes in a friendly match. This is reported by “Lenta.ru”.

The meeting took place in Volgograd at the Volgograd Arena stadium and ended with a score of 8:0. The midfielder opened the scoring in the 22nd minute Ivan Oblyakov. In the 30th minute, the team’s advantage was increased by the midfielder, team captain Alexander Golovin. The midfielder scored in the 34th minute Anton Miranchuk. With this score the team went to the break.

In the second half, the national team continued to attack the opponent. The defender scored in the 55th minute Alexander Silyanov. Then the goals were scored by the striker Alexander Sobolev (66th minute), midfielder Danil Prutsev (68th minute), midfielder Nikita Krivtsov (74th minute) and midfielder Andrey Mostovoy (78th minute).

A victory over the Cubans will count toward the FIFA rankings.

The Russian national team has not competed in international tournaments since February 2022 due to sanctions from the International Football Federation and Union of European Football Associations. At the same time, in Russian Football Union toldthat the meeting with the Cuban national team will be taken into account in the FIFA rankings. The head coach of the Russian national team drew attention to this Valery Karpinnoting that there were six substitutions in the match, which means it is official.

In addition, the deputy State Duma Amir Khamitov appealed to FIFA due to the suspension of Russian teams, drawing attention to the usefulness of the team. Khamitov called for the return of Russian clubs and the Russian national team to international tournaments.

Another advantage of the friendly match was reported by the former striker of Lokomotiv Moscow and “Dynamo”as well as the Russian national team Dmitry Bulykin. The former athlete emphasized that this is the only outlet for fans in such difficult times.

Honorary President of the RFU Vyacheslav Koloskov drew attention to the fact that no one can criticize the team for lack of motivation and desire. In his opinion, by performing professionally and lively, the national team shows its class.

Karpin demonstrated everything we have for the next 3-5 years. These are the guys we can count on

Koloskov

Experts discussed the feasibility of the match

Before the meeting, the legendary football player of the Russian national team Alexander Mostovoy statedthat the Russian team must crush its rivals from Cuba into dust.

Our right leg of Monaco player Alexander Golovin is worth more than their entire national team

Mostovoy

According to Mostovoy, if the Russians had not won this match, it would have been a shame.

A former football player of the USSR national team also drew attention to the optionality of the meeting. Anzor Kavazashvili. In his opinion, Cuba is far from the strongest team in the world, so beating it should not be difficult. The ex-athlete emphasized that he does not understand how Karpin will be able to motivate players for friendly matches.

The Russian national team has never played with Cuba in history

The USSR Olympic team met the Cubans once, beating them in the group stage of the 1980 Olympic Games Moscow with a score of 8:0. The match took place as part of the third round of the group stage of the tournament. The defeat was the largest in history for the Cubans, but allowed the team to reach the playoffs, just like the Soviet players.