The duel with the aggressor country is scheduled for September
Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) sent an official letter to FIFA And Qatar Football Association. The UAF condemned the initiative of the Qataris to hold friendly match with the national team Russia.
“According to open sources, the Russian Football Union has officially confirmed that the national men’s team of Russia in September 2023 will play a friendly match with the national team of Qatar, which is scheduled to be held in Qatar. At the same time, it should also be noted that, despite the suspension from international competitions by decision of FIFA and UEFA, in 2022 the Russian national team played friendly matches with Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and then two more matches took place in March 2023 with the national teams of Iraq and Iran “.
“We at the UAF sincerely believe that the above matches cannot take place under the current circumstances, being allowed and supported by the confederations and member associations, since this is contrary to the motivated intentions of FIFA to isolate the aggressors from the world football community,” the first vice president said in a letter. UAF Anatoly Demyanenko.
In February last year, FIFA and UEFA did not allow all Russian teams and clubs to participate in competitions under the auspices of organizations. The reason is the full-scale invasion of Russian troops into the territory of Ukraine.
Russia played its last official match on November 14, 2021, losing to Croatia (0:1) in the 2022 World Cup qualifying group round match. In March 2023, the aggressor country tied with Iran (1:1) and beat Iraq (2:0).
Source: Sportarena
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