Russian athletes must go. What did Vasily Berezutsky say in a resounding interview?

The conversation turned out to be heated. Berezutsky leaves Russia and settles in Marbella (Spain). And, while he was out of the country, he told many interesting things. We’ve gathered the essentials.

Brothers on both sides of the border

Vasily Berezutsky chose Spain as his new country for life. According to the former CSKA defender, it is comfortable to live in Marbella. Ideal climate, quality life. The ex-footballer is happy with everything.

“We’ve been in Marbella for about eight months now. I love it here. I went to Barcelona first, then Marbella. Marbella is better. At least in winter, the food, the atmosphere. There’s a lot of people from Russia here with whom you can communicate.

I will be living in Spain for the next few years. The children go to school here. I fly out of here all the time when I do business. It could be Dubai, Europe. I’m not sure I’ll do anything in Spain. A complicated problem. I’m just going to live here. I really like Spain,” Vasily said.

At the same time, Alexey Berezutsky did not leave the country. Currently my brother is in Moscow. But distances do not interfere with relationships and communication between brothers.

“My brother is now in Moscow. The last time we saw Lyokha was in Dubai. We meet periodically and talk. We are brothers, twins. I talk to my parents on the phone, we saw each other periodically when I was taking the plane. Now “I’ll see you again. I am thinking about some options and we will meet either somewhere in Europe or in Dubai, Turkey, Moscow,” Berezutsky said.

We have to leave

According to the former footballer, in the current situation, Russian athletes must leave the country. Due to the political situation, Russian athletes are not allowed to compete. And now, as Vasily says, there will definitely be no professional growth without departure.

“You have to tell the players the truth. If you want to play at a very high level and achieve something, then you have to leave now 100%. If you just earn money and play, then you can stay. That doesn’t does not only apply to Russian footballers. It applies to all Russian athletes in general”, who, if they can play somewhere, must play. And it doesn’t matter for which country, under which flag and how,” Berezutsky said.

It is worth recalling that earlier the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin made a similar appeal. He said Russian footballers had to leave to progress. And then Karpin’s words caused a very big resonance. It is obvious that Berezutsky’s interview will have the same effect.

We lose everywhere

Vasily Berezutsky is not delighted with the legacy of the 2018 World Cup. According to the former CSKA defender, new stadiums cannot solve the problem of development of children’s football.

“In a non-competitive environment you cannot develop anything. We are talking about it now as if nothing had happened before. Who prevented the development of football in Russia before? There was development when there was no limit to foreign players, to great football. “The players came. And we saw the victories of CSKA, Zenit, what kind of players were there, what kind of money was spent. But now, unfortunately, we can’t do it, and the level of players is too low. There are very few Players who match the level. There should be a competitive environment throughout Russia. So this is possible. But now we will always lag behind. We were already late.

A country can shut down when it has huge infrastructure everywhere, not just in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Decent infrastructure in other cities after the 2018 World Cup? Well, let’s look at this situation. Where have you seen children access this infrastructure? Well, 10 stadiums have been built. What did they build for the children? Are there academies? We are losing in terms of number of graduates each year, number of facilities, quality of facilities, quality of coaches and standard of football. We lose everywhere,” Berezutsky concluded.

Anton Mozgovoy, Athletistic