Namibia’s national team, the Brave Warriors, have arrived in Russia ahead of their international friendly against the Russian national team in Yekaterinburg on 3 October.
The delegation received a warm welcome on arrival, with every member presented with a piece of green malachite, a stone closely associated with the Ural region, along with a traditional welcome armband.
The match will follow Namibia’s latest TotalEnergies CAF PAMOJA 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture, in which they were beaten 1-0 by Comoros in Group G on Tuesday.
Benjaloud Youssouf scored the decisive goal in the 54th minute after a goalless first half. The victory gave Comoros three important points following their 3-1 defeat by Cameroon in their opening qualifier.
Namibia had begun their campaign with a 1-0 victory over Congo but were unable to find an equaliser against Comoros, despite making several second-half changes as they sought to rescue a point.
The result leaves Comoros, Namibia and Cameroon level on three points in the group. Cameroon, however, have played one match fewer.