CSKA Moscow goalkeeper and captain Igor Akinfeev commented Youtube channel The club cited the situation regarding the ban of Russian clubs and the national team from international competitions and noted that the players had nothing to do with it.
“The football players had no part in this, they found themselves in such a situation. God grant that all this will be resolved somehow, because they are slowly starting to direct people to sports,” Akinfeev said.
Akinfeev is a graduate of CSKA. Playing a total of 744 matches for the Red-Blues, the Yellow-Reds kept 311 goals clean. With the team he became the Russian champion six times, won the national cup seven times and won the UEFA Cup in the 2004/05 season. The goalkeeper is celebrating 20 years since his debut in top-flight football in 2023.
The International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) have decided to suspend the participation of the Russian national team and all Russian clubs in all competitions controlled by these organizations in the spring of 2022.
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