The Russian mini-football championship in 8×8 format is taking place in Sochi. 112 teams from 81 regions of the country are participating in the competition. Yakutia is represented at the tournament by the “Sport of Yakutia” team, the winner of the republican championship held in September this year.
The Yakutians played in group No. 10, where their first opponent was the SOBR-MLFL team from Mytishchi near Moscow, a finalist of the FONBET Russian Cup 8×8 and a semi-finalist of the 2024 national championship. At the beginning of the match, Aital Burtsev opened the scoring with a cross to the far post, but the meeting ended in the defeat of Sport Yakutia with a score of 1:7. In the second match of the group stage, the Yakut football players lost to the St. Petersburg “Unitek” – 0:7.
The chances of reaching the 1/32 finals remained through the play-offs, but the Yakut team lost to Yaroslavl “Zvezda BigTech” with a score of 1:3. The debut at such a high level was not easy, but the experience gained will be a good foundation for further growth.
