Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan’s media football team lost 4–7 to Russia in a friendly match at Pakhtakor Stadium in Tashkent.
The Russian team was led by Pavel Mamaev, a Russian champion with Moscow’s CSKA.
Artyom Ntumba, Mikhail Prokopyev, Dmitry Yegorov and Alexey Gasilin scored for the winners. Anar Abdullayev converted a penalty shootout, while Vasily Mavrin scored a bonus goal.
Russia’s media football team played the first international match in its history on 4 September in Dushanbe. The team, led by Leonid Slutsky, defeated Tajikistan’s media team 4–3.
