Kolyvanov praised the statements of FIFA and UEFA representatives at the RFU conference

Former Dynamo football player and now Tekstilshchik head coach Igor Kolyvanov reacted to the statements of FIFA and UEFA representatives at the RFU conference on Thursday.

On Thursday, the head of the department for European national associations of FIFA, Heidi Beha, greeted the participants of the face-to-face conference of the RFU in Moscow on behalf of the head of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, and also wished the conference a good job. Josef Kliment, adviser to UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin on national associations, also spoke, expressing hope that Russian teams would be able to return to European football, and noted that the organization seeks to “build bridges between countries, not destroy them.”

— I hope that the ban will be lifted from Russia soon. I really want our best teams to play in international tournaments. It is difficult to say whether the words of the representatives of FIFA and UEFA are the prerequisites for our return. But it’s good that they haven’t forgotten about Russia. I believe that soon our teams will return to European tournaments. It’s boring without them and not at all the same as in other sports without our athletes, ”Championship” quotes Kolyvanov.

Russian teams and clubs do not compete in international competitions due to a ban by FIFA and UEFA due to the situation in Ukraine.