How russia ‘outplayed everyone’ in football
ru-propaganda brags about another “record” of russia’s national football team. The russian team defeated Zambia 5–0 in a friendly match. This is russia’s eighth consecutive clean-sheet victory since November 2023.
▫️ Previously, the russian team crushed Cuba (8–0), Serbia (4–0), Belarus (4–0), Vietnam (3–0), Brunei (11–0), Syria (4–0), and Grenada (5–0). The overall score across these matches is 44–0 — a streak that even top-tier teams like Argentina or France might envy.
❗️ In russia, sports have traditionally served as a propaganda tool since soviet times. Athletic victories were a source of national pride and were used to project russia’s “superiority” over other countries. However, due to international sanctions, russia is now excluded from major global competitions. In response, propagandists are resorting to desperate measures to maintain the illusion of russian sports “greatness.”
