Former Kyiv “Dynamo” footballer Andrey Kanchelskiswho has lived in Russia for a long time, he commented UEFA decision to remove the national team from Euro 2024:
“What did you expect? I think we will be removed from the 2026 World Cup. All this is sad, but now there is nothing more to be done. We are hostages of the situation. Everyone says that sport is out of politics, but not for a long time. it works according to such rules.
This is an absolutely political and predictable decision. Everything was clear from day one. It’s sad, of course. We can’t do anything now. We can only hope and wait for everything to get better ”, quotes Sport24 Kanchelskis.
Former Russian national team coach Valery Karpin spoke about the removal of the Russian Federation from Euro 2024.
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