Russian national football team it is better to play in the first championship of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) than not to play at all, the president of Yekaterinburg “Urals” Grigory Ivanov .
Earlier, the press secretary of the Tajikistan Football Federation Faridun Saliev, in communication with , announced the participation of the Russian national team in the tournament. The CAFA Championship will take place from June 9 to 21, 2023.
It is better to play than not to play. I think that in the current situation, in the near future, we will not be able to play with European teams. Therefore, it is better to compete with Central Asian teams than not to play at all,” Ivanov told Vprognoze.ru.
The six members of the football association – Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan – have confirmed their participation in the CAFA-2023 championship among national teams. CAFA has also invited one of the Asian teams to participate in the new tournament.
At the end of December, the RFU’s executive committee raised the question of the organization’s possible transition to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Later, together with UEFA, it was decided to create a working group, the purpose of which is to draw up a roadmap for the rapid return of Russian teams to international tournaments.
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Source : MatchTV
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