Russian Football Union (RFU) General Secretary Maxim Mitrofanov believes that the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) will allow Russia to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) if desired. His words are quoted “Bookmaker rating”.
“They really don’t want us to go to the AFC. They absolutely do not need problems with the acceptance or non-acceptance of Russia, the position of other federations. If it were not for the desire to save Russia, they would be released from all four sides.
The RFU has a number of colleagues who communicate with AFK. Mitrofanov, you know the names of all three main people: the president of the federation, the general secretary and Alexey Sorokin.
In the spring of 2022, the International Football Federation (FIFA) and UEFA decided to suspend the participation of the Russian national team, as well as all Russian clubs, in all competitions controlled by these organizations.
Since the beginning of the year, the Russian team has played six friendly matches with teams from Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), Qatar and Africa with teams from Cameroon and Kenya.
The last official match of the national team is dated 2021.
Previously at RFU statedIt was stated that the organization could be expelled from FIFA.