ST GEORGE’S – Grena­da’ se­nior men’s foot­ball team will cre­ate his­to­ry when they trav­el to Rus­sia to play an in­ter­na­tion­al friend­ly next Wednes­day.

The land­mark match will see the 174th ranked Grena­da com­pete on Russ­ian soil against the 34th ranked home side for the first time in its his­to­ry.

Ac­cord­ing to the Grena­da Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion (GFA), the in­ter­na­tion­al friend­ly is part of its broad­er strat­e­gy to en­hance the team’s com­pet­i­tive edge and pro­vide play­ers with op­por­tu­ni­ties to show­case their tal­ents be­yond the re­gion, there­by in­creas­ing their vis­i­bil­i­ty to clubs world­wide.

Ac­cord­ing to GFA pres­i­dent, Mar­lon Glean, the match is ex­pect­ed to at­tract sub­stan­tial at­ten­tion, not on­ly for its his­toric sig­nif­i­cance but al­so for the chance it pro­vides Grena­di­an play­ers to mea­sure their skills against a top-tier op­po­nent.

“We are ex­cit­ed about this op­por­tu­ni­ty to play against Rus­sia. This match will al­low our play­ers to gain in­valu­able ex­pe­ri­ence and demon­strates the GFA’s com­mit­ment to na­tion­al teams’ de­vel­op­ment.

“Com­pet­ing on such a stage is a dream for many play­ers, and I’m sure they are ready to em­brace this chal­lenge,” Glean said.

CMC