Leadership of the Russian Football Union (RFS ) should not rush to decide whether or not to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), while in matches under the auspices of UEFA there may be provocations against Russian football players, said the six-time Russian champion and ex-captain of Spartak Moscow and the Russian national team in an interview with Egor Titov .
On 30 December, the RFU’s executive committee postponed the decision on the possible transition to the AFC. The RFU, together with UEFA, FIFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will create a working group that will work on the issue of the return of Russian football to international competitions by April 1, the main task is to return to UEFA competitions as soon as possible. as possible.
On the one hand, I would like Russian team played, but with the best teams. On the other hand, why do we need Asia today? Sooner or later, everything will end, and Europe will understand that it needs Russia. We will play football, do biathlon and ski.
In the NHL, dozens of Russians determine the weather. No one forbids them to play hockey. I hope that everything will work out in the other sports as well. So I would be careful when making the decision, in no hurry to sever relations with UEFA. I’m only afraid that after the return to the international scene, there will be provocations against our players during away matches.
– At the same time, no one guarantees that the team will be admitted to the World Cup in America if selected there.
– In fact. You are absolutely right. There was a precedent for the Poles when, following them, other countries refused to play with us. Today the world is such that any action in Europe against Russia is supported by all.
So it turns out that we want to play football with the world, but at the same time we want to do it against the strongest,” Titov told .
Russian clubs and national teams have been indefinitely suspended from participating in tournaments under the auspices of FIFA and UEFA due to the situation in Ukraine.
Source : MatchTV
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