Kairat living the dream

World Football by BBC

Sep 29, 202510:42Sports & Recreation

It’s Champions League romance as Kazakhstan’s Kairat Almaty face the mighty Real Madrid. Kairat player Damir Kasabulat tells Mani Djazmi what it means just to be in the competition, the reaction when the players discover...

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