“” host and commentator Dmitri Guberniev recommended that Russian football officials “think seriously” before switching from UEFA to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Earlier, learned that FIFA won’t interfere with Russia’s participation in the 2026 World Cup selection during the move to AFC. A source at FIFA noted that this could be a strong argument to move to AFC.
“I think it might be a trap. I’m not sure that after moving to Asia we won’t encounter new obstacles. The pressure on us is great no matter what. If the ‘Europe of football is against Russia, it does not mean at all that Asia of football will be for her.
For example, China, which seems to be our friend. Huawei is closing its headquarters in our country, and many Chinese banks are refusing to do business with Russian banks for fear of secondary sanctions. And there we understand that China has no friends and that certain relations with the United States are more important for them than others. So going to Asia could be a fatal mistake.
In general, talking about the Asian Olympics, our allies, the BRICS, leads nowhere. I do not see, for example, that the Brazilian company Embraer is actively cooperating with us in the aircraft construction market! They, like children, joined the sanctions.
After our transition, Asian countries, led by the same Japan, will come under serious pressure from the United States. So it could just be a decoy: instead of taking steps to restore European football institutions, we will go to Asia – and instead of the conditional Champions League we will have matches, I’m even afraid to imagine with whom.
Today FIFA is not against it, but tomorrow it will be against it. Such a reckless retreat into Asia could end up being a Pyrrhic victory. Therefore, the people who will make decisions with us must think seriously. If something goes wrong, we will return to Europe, God knows when, if we return at all. And in Asia we won’t be good either, Guberniev told .
Source : MatchTV
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