Russian Federation State Duma Deputy Dmitry Svishchev reacted to the statement of Aleksander Čeferin, president of the European Football Associations (UEFA), that it would be difficult to change anything about Russia’s acceptance before the CBO is finished. national team and Russian clubs to international tournaments.
“The probability of our football returning to the international arena was low and we have now had confirmation of that.
RFU should go its own way, not look to UEFA. You can look at football in South America, Asia, Africa.
We need to continue the dialogue with UEFA, but first of all, think about yourself. It is not yet clear who lost more. Then Europe will still chase after us, ”svishchev quotes “Sports Express”.
Recall that the International Football Federation (FIFA) and UEFA decided in the spring of 2022 to exclude the Russian national team and Russian clubs from participating in all competitions held under the auspices of the two organizations.
In 2022, the Russian team played three friendly matches with the Asian – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan teams.
Valery Karpin’s wards played their last official match in November 2021 in the 2022 World Cup qualifying match against Croatia (0:1).
Petersburg “Zenith” and former football player of the Russian national team Vladislav Radimov criticized Midfielder of Moscow “Dynamo” Arsen Zakharyan.