Pakistan Football Federation refuses to host friendly match with Russia. This was stated in an interview with Match TV by the organization’s public relations manager Muhammad Yashal, who noted that “there is no such possibility in 2025.”.

The match between the national teams was supposed to take place in October 2024, but was also canceled. Tanzania also did not want to get involved with Russia.

This news caused a strong reaction among Russian fans. One of them emotionally remarked: “It’s just some kind of shame! Other commentators suggested looking for new opponents: “You can recruit Nepal and Tibet, they are not far there,” one user suggested, to which another clarified: “Tibet is part of the PRC, but there is a national team there.”.

There were also humorous remarks: “If you pay for round-trip tickets and dinner at the hachevn, they will play at least every week.”. Some summed it up with sarcasm: “They attacked Pakistan...”.

On December 28, the organizer of the games of the Turkish football team ruled out a match against the Russian national team for the foreseeable future.

On November 15, the Russian national football team beat the second team of the Brunei national team with a score of 11:0 in a friendly match. The match took place on November 15, and the Asians, who occupy 184th place in the world rankings, were unable to bring the base to Krasnodar due to the fact that the athletes were on vacation during this period.

A few days after Pakistan and Zanzibar did not agree to play with representatives of the aggressor country in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Brazil.