Did the USSR send out KGB agents with football players during Fifa world cups?

According to The Queen's Gambit they did send KGB agents with chess players when they'd go play in other countries so they won't run away and it does make sense but I'm wondering if they did with football players as well and they probably did.

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smiler2012 · 56-60

{@piecingmebacktogether ] if true the k.g.b would of been kept busy with different sporting discipline played by the soviet union outside there own soil

PiecingBabyFaceTogether · 26-30

@smiler2012 I imagine it should be true and it probably happen now with North Korean athletes.

smiler2012 · 56-60

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether maybe even chinese 🤷‍♂️ who knows

PiecingBabyFaceTogether · 26-30

@smiler2012 Yup.