Doping officers disrupted the training of the Russian national football team in preparation for the March friendly matches and checked the team for more than 5 hours.

"Today, the training of the Russian national team will start late due to the fact that, starting from 6:30, the location of the team arrived the inspector of doping control for taking samples of urine and blood.

Given that the inspector came only one, the procedure was delayed more than 5 hours. This violated the daily routine and made adjustments to the training process, "- reported on the official page of the Russian national football team.

Note that on March 23, Russia will hold a friendly match against Brazil in Moscow, and the 27th in St. Petersburg will play against the French team.