How the meeting between UEFA and the RFU ended on the issue of restoring the national team and clubs in tournaments, lifting the ban, details
Russia is in the UEFA family. New details of the expected return after the ban
Now it is clear which commands need to be returned first.
At the end of last year, the RFU agreed with UEFA to create a working group to return the national team and clubs to European tournaments. This was done against the background of talk about a possible outcome towards Asia. And on January 24, the first meeting took place. cover RPL President Alexander Alaev and RFU Secretary General Maxim Mitrofanov. And, probably, it is not going to stop on this side.
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Although initially there were few reasons for optimism. Sky News published a material where it said that there was no progress towards unbanning Russian football. Moreover, according to the source, on January 25, the UEFA Executive Committee will take away the right to host the 2023 UEFA Super Cup in Kazan. And until the end of the conflict with Ukraine, the return is impossible. At the meeting, according to Sky, the general state of affairs in Russian football and actions after the end of the NWO are discussed.
The general conclusion from this material is that there are no changes. Russia is still in an indefinite ban. And they are waiting for him very foggy. While the goal was precisely to understand what actions should be required for the return. But further with Saudi Arabia, the Communications Service of the RFU. And everything is not so sad there.
RFS
Official statement
“The working meeting between the RFU and UEFA has been covered. The key theme was the possibility of teams and clubs returning to the competition. The parties agreed on the procedure for holding events and agreed to continue contacts. The next meeting with the participation of representatives of the RFU and UEFA will take place in the meeting.
Let’s highlight the most important:
- continued interaction is possible;
- blocking contacts;
- communication is waiting.
Already something. At the same time, according to the “Championship”, the meeting went a little differently than described in Sky. UEFA once again clarified that it considers Russia a “family member”. And the suspension is temporary. With this, both sides of the mood to find a way out of the situation and implement the process of a gradual return of the national team and clubs to the competition. They will start, perhaps, with youth and women’s teams. In this regard, we can conclude that the first cases of coronavirus can take place this year.
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There is no clarity on the Super Cup in Kazan yet. But here, probably, there are no options for saving the tournament. And he was indeed transported to another European country.