In November, 10 blue and white football players took part in the matches of their national teams.
The Russian youth team won a friendly tournament in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, with flying colors. Ulvi Babaev made a triumphant debut for the national team: he played 56 minutes in the 2-0 win against Iran, then scored twice in the second half against Bahrain (2-0), and finally scored a goal and an assist in the 8-0 victory against the tournament hosts.
Also on loan for the Russian youth team were Denis Bokov, who failed to score in his allotted half and a half, and Stanislav Bessmertny, who played a half each against Bahrain and Kyrgyzstan.
The Russian senior team played two home matches against South American teams. First, in St. Petersburg, our team drew with Peru (1-1): Maxim Osipenko played the entire match, and Ivan Sergeev, who started, was replaced by Konstantin Tyukavin in the 65th minute. In the second game in Sochi, the Russians ended their 22-match unbeaten streak, losing 0-2 to Chile: Daniil Fomin and Tyukavin each played 59 minutes, while Sergeev came on late in the second half.
Timofey Marinkin helped the Russian U-17 team win two away games against their Serbian counterparts, both with identical scores of 3-2. In the first game, he only appeared late in the match, but in the second, he was in the starting lineup and played 57 minutes.
Cameroon lost 0-1 to DR Congo in the World Cup qualifiers, losing their chance to qualify for the final tournament next summer in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Nicolas Ngamaleu entered the field in stoppage time and was unable to help his team recover.
Juan Cáceres, meanwhile, played the full 90 minutes of the 1-2 draw with the United States for Paraguay, and on Wednesday night, he was a substitute in his team's 2-1 victory over Mexico.