Igor Osinkin / Photo: © FC Krylya Sovetov
The head coach of Samara Krylia Sovetov, Igor Osinkin, believes that it is better to move to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) than to deprive a whole generation of players of the opportunity to play at the international level.
Earlier, Match TV learned that FIFA would not interfere with Russia’s participation in the selection for the 2026 World Cup when moving to the AFC. A Match TV source in FIFA noted that this could be a decisive argument for Russia’s transition to the AFC.
– The transition of Russian football to the AFC is a complex issue in which a lot needs to be calculated. There are certain risks in this: how soon can we be returned to UEFA, or will the European association be offended if we choose to move to Asia, and most importantly, is AFC itself waiting for our participation?
In financial terms, participation in the Asian league compared to the European one is two big differences. Therefore, there is a question of the practice of international games. In economic terms, some of our clubs are in the red. We do not own the whole situation, and there is no unequivocal opinion.
I was only interested in European football. If you look at club participation in the AFC, we are in 11th place, and it will be difficult for us to get into the top three. We do not imagine ourselves at the top of the table this season. Not about us yet. Roughly speaking, not our wedding. We must keep in mind that logistically this is a super-difficult tournament, and it will be much more difficult.
Before, we really were above the Asian teams, and they were not a strong competitor. But it is worth noting: Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia showed themselves very worthily at the World Cup. Now there will be no unequivocal “walk” in the Asian confederation.
Everyone is interested in international matches. Recently, the legionnaires who come to us are not afraid to fly, they are accustomed to distances. Our legionnaires fly home for two days.
Are we losing entertainment? It is clear that we will not find Germany and France there. There must be correct expectations from this transition. We must set ourselves the task that we cannot deprive a certain generation of football players of the opportunity to play at the international level, including getting to the World Cup. In this context, there will always be interest. Do not be surprised if it is smaller than the European one. It concerns both the national team and the club level.
Compared to the European league, we will not be constantly in a competitive environment. But what we have today: there are no official matches of the national team and no UEFA club level – this must be replaced. It is better to change the matches of the Asian Confederation than to have nothing,” Osinkin told Sport24.
The next World Cup will take place in 2026 in Mexico, the USA and Canada. Russia did not qualify for the 2022 World Cup, as it was excluded from the selection at the stage of the play-offs.
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Kazan football club “Rubin” announced the extension of the contract with the striker Enri Mukboy. This was reported by the club’s press service.
The new agreement is valid until 2029.
Mukba is 20 years old, he graduated from the Abkhaz club “Ritsa”, from which he moved to “Rubin” in 2024. This season, the striker played 3 matches for the main team without scoring any goals.
Rubin is in seventh place in the World rankings – Russian Premier League (RPL), scoring 23 points in 18 games.
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Russian Football Federation (RFU) hopes that the International Football Federation (FIFA) will follow the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee (THAT IS) subject to the admission of youth teams. The Secretary General spoke about it in an interview RFU Maxim Mitrofanov.
In December THAT IS recommended removing all restrictions for young Russian athletes and allowing them to participate in all competitions with the anthem and flag.
“This recommendation has become an important event for all Russian sports. We see that in many sports international federations are making decisions on the admission of our athletes,” Mitrofanov said. “And there are more and more such decisions.” Recommendation THAT IS plays an important role in this process. Let’s proceed from the fact that FIFA this recommendation will be heeded.”
“At the same time, it is important to understand that the popularity and attention, including at the state and political level, towards different sports in Europe are different. The large international basketball, hockey and football federations are more careful in analyzing the decisions they make. They probably already realized that they have overdone it in 2022. Now it is even more difficult for them to get out of this situation, also because they are afraid of facing the position of a large number of countries which, at the state level, will hinder the implementation decisions about our return,” Mitrofanov added.
Russian clubs and national teams have been suspended from international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine.
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Invitation from the Togliatti Akron striker Artem Dziuba joining the Russian national football team was a positive event. This opinion was expressed in an interview by the general secretary of the Russian Football Federation (RFU) Maxim Mitrofanov.
In March Dzyuba scored against the Grenada team (5:0) and passed Alexandra Kerzakova in terms of goals for the Russian national team, he scored 31 goals.
“I rate it positively [приглашение Дзюбы в сборную]. I think it was a good decision by our coach [Валерия Карпина]Mitrofanov said. “The footballer deserves this opportunity. I am quite relaxed in counting records, but for the players and fans this plays a role. It is also important that the coach allowed the player to prove himself, showing that he had no conflict with Artem.”
“He is a good guy and a good footballer and he took the story very positively. He managed to score, it was clear from Artem’s emotions that he really wanted it,” Mitrofanov added.
In December Kerzhakov announced on his Telegram channel that he had sent a request to the International Football Federation (FIFA) about the authorship of the second goal of the Russian team in the friendly match against the German team on June 8, 2005 (2:2). If RFU admits that the goal was not scored Andrei Arshavinand Kerzhakov, then he will again share first place with Dzyuba.
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