Former Russian national team player Roman Shirokov shared his thoughts on whether Russian football players should go to the European championships. “Championship.com”.
Alexander Golovin, currently playing for Europe’s most famous Russian legionnaires Monaco, Alexei Miranchuk playing for Atalanta. Alexander Kokorin belongs to Fiorentina, but his performance in Europe cannot be called successful.
“Why are you sending them somewhere? For them to sit down? The last people who went to Europe played in the main team – they didn’t even break. You want the average player to leave and sit there? Let them be useful here: we trained them, so they please us.” ”said Shirokov.
On February 28, the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) decided to exclude all Russian clubs, as well as the Russian national team, from all competitions controlled by these organizations.
It was previously owned by Electronic Arts Sports, the developer of computer games. Russian clubs abolished and the national team from the sports simulator FIFA 22. EA has released the ninth patch for the game, which is almost entirely dedicated to removing the Russian team and clubs from the simulator. With them disappeared the Otkritie Bank Arena stadium and various Russian paraphernalia.