Iranian striker Serdar Azmoun refused to participate in his team’s friendly matches against Russia (March 23) and Kenya. The former football player of the St. Petersburg “Zenith” at the same time referred to any personal circumstances and decided to take advantage of the international pause in the season for recreation.
This is reported by the Iranian news agency ISNA. It should be noted that the Bayer Leverkusen player actively supports the protests in his country, and the duel against the Russians is scheduled in Tehran. In addition, he opposed the war in Ukraine.
“I never believed that this would happen. I am not a politician and I don’t want to talk much about these events. But as a person, I obviously say: this should not happen in this world,” Azmoun said last summer.
Note that after the match with the Iranians, the Russian team will play a friendly match with Iraq in St. Petersburg on March 26. In the summer, representatives of the aggressor country will take part in the championship of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA).
As GLOBAL HAPPENINGS reported, the European Football Union (UEFA) reacted to the decision on the decision of the Russian national team to play at the CAFA championship. And the former Spartak player Yevgeny Lovchev called the game with Iran politically important.
Source: Obozrevatel
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