Former CSKA and USSR national football player Vladimir Ponomarev agreed with Akron coach Evgeny Kaleshin’s statement that Russian football is getting worse. He shared his opinion with him “RB Sports”.
“I agree that Russian football has deteriorated. We need to expel all foreigners, we don’t need them. Clubs loaned them to play in European competitions, but force majeure occurred. Let Russian players play.
We played well in the 60s and there was not a single foreigner in the championship. At that time, we did not see the Scandinavians as footballers, but now we despise Cuba. So let’s call the Guinea-Bissau team.
We need to leave Europe aside and go to Asia, then Europe will wither away without our sport. I agree with Kaleshin’s words, because the Russian national team played recently and all ordinary players played, except Golovin and Oblyakov. “They only correspond to the international level, it is nice to watch them play,” said the experienced player.
On November 20, Russia defeated Cuba with a score of 8:0. The match against the Cubans was the Russian team’s sixth in 2023. Since the Russians are excluded from international competitions, they only organize friendly matches.
In the spring of 2022, the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) decided to suspend the participation of the Russian national team and all Russian clubs in all competitions controlled by these organizations.
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