0-2! Russia unexpectedly lost to the bottom team in South America. It suffered its first defeat in 4 years of ban and ended its 22-game unbeaten streak.

In an international football warm-up match that ended on November 16, the Russian men’s football team, ranked 30th in the world, suffered an upset loss to Chile 0-2, suffering its first defeat in the past four years.

In this game, Russia’s opponent is the Chilean team, ranked 56th in the world. The latter has only 11 points with 2 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses in the South American qualifiers. It ranks last among the 10 participating teams in the South American region and missed the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico early. However, facing the weakest team in South America, Russia lost unexpectedly.

In the 37th minute, Tapia, the striker who plays for Sao Paulo in Brazil, broke the deadlock for Chile. After changing sides and fighting again, in the 76th minute, Derby County midfielder Brereton sealed the victory for Chile. In the whole game, Russia blasted 16 shots but only had 2 on target, while Chile took 4 shots and 2 of them were on target and scored 2 goals.

With the loss of this game, Russia's unbeaten record since November 14, 2021 came to an end. The last time they lost was in the European qualifiers before they were banned by FIFA, when they lost 0-1 to Croatia. Since then until this game, Russia has remained unbeaten in 22 consecutive games.

Unfortunately, despite Russia's good record in warm-up matches, they have been suspended for 4 years due to well-known reasons. Golovin, Safonov and other famous players have no major competition to play in the peak period of their careers, which is really disappointing.