President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Alexander Dyukov said that the organization currently has a goal to achieve the participation of the Russian team in the selection for the 2026 World Cup.
RFU on December 30 at the executive committee decided to create a working group to return clubs and national teams to official tournaments.
– How long should it take to return to the option of moving to Asia?
– A difficult question. I can’t say that we are ready to wait a long time. I’m not ready to wait long. As for the other members of the executive committee, you should ask them. What is the acceptable waiting time for them? Two, three, five years? Everyone has their own rating. It is important for us to take part in the selection for the 2026 World Cup and try to pass it. This is the task I set myself.
– Moving to Asia does not guarantee participation in the selection for the 2026 World Cup. It’s true?
— Yes, we can move, but no one can guarantee that we will take part in the selection of the 2026 World Cup. Only FIFA can give such a guarantee.
– AFC has officially confirmed that it is ready to accept us?
– The Asian Confederation confirms that they are ready to receive us. As for letters of guarantee, this is not accepted. But we have no reason not to trust AFC.
— When were the last contacts with FIFA?
– Yesterday. This week was used by the executive committee to study and weigh everything. Everyone had to speak. There have been certain consultations with international football regulators.
What is the mood of the regulators?
— Be set to find some solution and enable Russian clubs and national teams to start returning to official tournaments. Everyone is interested in this.
– Is there any certainty that UEFA will not include people in the working group who can “blur” the issue?
– I’m not sure. But I do not think that they will try to “blur” this issue. I see their attitude to find a solution,” Dyukov said. whose words are quoted by Match TV.
FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs and national teams from tournaments under their auspices due to the situation in Ukraine.
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Former Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos He talked about his interaction with Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior and other representatives of Brazil within the scope of the “royal club”.
“The Brazilians aroused my sympathy even as a child. While playing for Real Madrid, I developed excellent relationships with Vinicius, Casemiro and Militao.
It is very easy to find a common language with these guys: they know how to enjoy life, and their mentality is significantly different from that of the Germans.
Casemiro and Vinicius and I understood each other perfectly on the field and developed a unique football bond with Vini.
We communicated warmly in daily life. I believe that if there is no contact between players off the field, it is extremely difficult to achieve harmony in the game.
I used Vini’s high-speed bursts effectively and he masterfully directed my passes,” AS Kroos reports.
Let’s remember that Kroos defended the jersey of Real Madrid from 2014 to 2024. During this decade the German midfielder won the Champions League five times.
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Atalanta and Inter met in the Italian Serie A match. The match ended with the score 0:1.
Marked for guests Martinez (65′).
At the end of the match Atalanta has 22 points, the guests have 36 points.
Atalanta’s next match will be on January 3, 2026 against Roma. Inter will play their next match on 4 January 2026 (the opponent is Bologna).
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The Moscow football club “Spartak” gave permission Theo Bongonde leave the team for free during the winter transfer window. The journalist reported this on his page on the social network Sasha Tavolieri.
The player’s contract with Spartak expires in the summer of 2027.
It should be noted that several foreign clubs are interested in the player and have already sent requests for a free transfer.
Bongonda is 30 years old, joined Spartak in 2023 and played 74 official matches for the club, in which he scored 16 goals and provided 6 assists. The midfielder also played for the Spanish Cadiz and Celta, the Turkish Trabzonspor, the Belgians Genk and Zulte Waregem. As part of Genk in the 2020/21 season, Bongonda became the silver medalist of the Belgian championship and the winner of the national cup.
For the national team of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bongonda played 34 matches, in which he scored 7 goals and provided 1 assist.
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