Photo: Tehran Times
The Russian national football team secured a 2-1 victory over Iran in an international friendly held on Friday in the southern city of Volgograd.
The match took place at Volgograd-Arena and drew a strong turnout, with 42,387 fans in attendance, The Caspian Post reports.
The goals were scored by Dmitry Vorobyov (22nd second) and Alexey Batrakov (70th second) for Russia, and Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (48th minute) for Iran.
The Iranian national football team is currently 21th in the FIFA Rankings. Russia is 33rd. The match’s result will be taken into account in the FIFA Rankings.
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