Uniform of the Russian goalkeeper of the French “Paris Saint-Germain”. Matveya Safonovprepared for the Intercontinental Cup final against Brazilian Flamengo, it was sold on the Match Worn Shirt portal for 2,650 euros. The portal reports it.

Note that Safonov did not use this form during the game.

In the Intercontinental Cup final PSG beat the Brazilian Flamengo (1:1, 2:1 on penalties). Safonov saved four out of five penalties in the post-match series, bringing the victory to his team. The Russian injured his hand during Flamengo’s third penalty.

Representatives of the Russian Football Federation (RFU) intend to participate in the conferences of the Union of European Football Associations (of UEFA) and the International Football Federation (FIFA). The Secretary General spoke about it in an interview RFU Maxim Mitrofanov.

Congress of UEFA The congress will be held on 12 February in Brussels FIFA will take place on April 30 in Vancouver.

“RFU will participate in conferences of UEFA AND FIFAif our representatives are granted visas,” Mitrofanov said. — But these congresses are technical. There is an agenda that is approved in advance. In general, this is one of the events where people can see each other. For participants in qualifying tournaments [чемпионата Европы — 2028] the draw is also important [группового этапа Лиги наций] after the congress of UEFA. And the congress FIFAin which 211 countries participate, it is more of a protocol event.”

Since February 2022, Russian clubs and national teams have been suspended from international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is allowing fans to attend some Africa Cup of Nations matches for free until around 20 minutes after kick-off. This was reported by Agence France-Presse (Afp) citing a CAF source.

The agency cited as an example the match between the national teams of Cameroon and Gabon in the first round of Group F. As the agency notes, immediately before the start of the match, the stands were almost empty, but in the first half they filled up. The match ended with the score 1:0 in favor of the Cameroonians. This has happened in many other games as well.

24 teams are participating in the Africa Cup of Nations, divided into 6 groups, and the competition takes place in Morocco. The teams occupying the first two positions in the groups and the four best teams in the third positions will enter the playoffs. The round of 16 will take place from 3 to 6 January, the quarter-finals on 9 and 10 January and the semi-finals on 14 January. The third place match will take place on January 17 in Casablanca, the final on January 18 in Rabat.