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Russian national football team fans never got to see the October matches
Fans of the Russian national football team were eagerly awaiting the October match.
Brunei and Syria will be our football guests in November. But Kyrgyzstan is physically impossible. The team unexpectedly made it to the third round of World Cup qualification.
No football. But hold on. Russian fans were eagerly awaiting the October games. But at least we knew who we would be playing in September. But the holy place is never empty, and the sports program this week was filled with hockey and tennis.
In any case, let's start with football. All because the October training camp, which ended early on Thursday, nevertheless brought important news. Specific details for November were published. Pakistan was ready to fly, but fortunately, the RFU appreciated its October step. And it did not give me a second chance. But Kyrgyzstan is physically impossible. The team unexpectedly made it to the third round of the World Cup qualification, during which it played qualifying matches. When we agreed with our team, no one even imagined that their team would develop so much.
As a result, Brunei and Syria will be our football team's guests in November. Brunei is stronger than Pakistan. An outsider, but not by much. It is ranked 183rd in the FIFA rankings. Because it is simply small. And the population is less than 500,000 people. However, this country is one of the richest countries in the world. The GDP per capita is almost $80,000, which is twice as much as in Russia. And Syria is a very strong team, as is Bolivia in South America. Its FIFA rating is higher than Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
The NHL season has begun. Alexander Ovechkin is 42 goals away from the great Gretzky's sniper record. He has now scored 853 goals and needs to score 894 goals. Nikita Kucherov, last season's leading scorer, scored a hat trick in Tampa's first game. And fading Pittsburgh star Evgeni Malkin became the first Russian abroad to make 800 assists.
In the domestic KHL, he started scoring more goals. The extended regular season gives teams time to properly rest, and the ice becomes much brighter and more dynamic. And there are more sensations. This is not a joke. Dynamo Moscow, the current regular championship champion, is in second place in the Western Conference. And Avangard, last year's winner of the East and the holder of most titles, took 20th place in the overall standings. In addition, there are only 23 teams in the league.
Tennis, Masters Super Tournament Shanghai. Daniil Medvedev lost in the quarterfinals to the world's number one tennis player Jannik Sinner. A medical timeout did not help due to a shoulder problem. The Italian himself admitted that it was this situation that prevented Dana from hitting his right hand normally. Sinner and Djokovic, Medvedev's main rivals in recent years, will meet in the final of the Chinese Masters.
The season of the Kontinental Hockey League has become the longest in history. The regular KHL championship will end on May 31. Friendly matches of the Russian national football team will be held on November 15 against Brunei and on November 19 against the Syrian team.