For more than two years, the Russian national team has not played its home matches in Moscow — the last game in the capital was the match of the World Cup qualifier in Qatar against the Croatian national team. That match, which took place on September 1, ended in a goalless draw.
Cameroon is the strongest national team that the Russians had to play with after being suspended from official tournaments under the auspices of FIFA.
Some of the Cameroonians are closely connected with Russia. For example, Moomi Ngmale played in a sense “at home”. At the moment, Moominmamma is playing in Dynamo Moscow, so the match at VTB Arena has actually become a home for him.
Gael Ondua is also famous for his dark ties with Russia-the son of a Cameroonian diplomat, a pupil of the Moscow Locomotive. At the 2022 World Cup, Gael played in boots with the Russian flag.
The Russian national team entered the game in the following composition: Safonov, Soldatenkov, Osipenko, Barinov, Chalov, Glebov, Pinyaev, Silyanov, Kuzyaev, Oblyakov, Volkov.Cameroon is based on Fabrice Ondoa, Arnold Mukudi, Nicolas Moomi Ngamale, Nuu Tolo, Gael Ondua, Pierre Kunde, Brian Mbemo, Jean-Charles Castelleto, Olivier Ncham, Vincent Abubakar and Uma Gonzalez.
The first half of the game was under the control of the guests, and closer to the break, the Russians managed to play out and the long-awaited goal happened in the 40th minute! It was scored by the forward of CSKA – Fedor Chalov. The goal for the player was the first in the T-shirt of the Russian national team.
The Russian national team scored twice more, but both times were scored from offside.
Cameroon also created moments that Matvey Safonov courageously reflected!
So the Russian national team got its first victory in half a year, and all the fans of our national team had a real football holiday!
