Anatoly Vorobyov said that Europe and South America determine football fashion in the world, and the RFU should not be guided by “momentary political considerations.” The decision on the transition of the RFU to the Asian Confederation can be made on December 27
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Former Secretary General of the RFU Anatoly Vorobyov declared RB Sport that the transition of the organization to the Asian Confederation (AFC) will have a negative impact on Russian football.
RFU President Alexander Dyukov said earlier that the decision to move to the AFC could be made on December 27. According to Dyukov, “it’s better to play than not to play, so it’s better to go to Asia” from UEFA.
“It will be such a collective hara-kiri. Quite an Asian thing. Then the members of the executive committee will act as real samurai and will open all the organs of Russian football. History will remember their names. In my opinion, Russian football is already dead. But not yet frozen. Such a transition is the transportation of cargo 200 from Europe to Asia. And there the corpse will decompose even faster,” Vorobyov said.
Vorobyov noted that “football fashion in the world is determined by Europe and South America.” “We should be guided not by momentary political considerations, but by our identity,” said the former Secretary General of the RFU.
Dyukov said on December 23 that the AFC was ready to accept Russia, and FIFA was not against the transition.
FIFA and UEFA at the end of February suspended Russian teams and clubs from tournaments under their auspices. The Russian national team was excluded from the qualifying tournament of the World Cup in Qatar and after that held only friendly matches with the teams of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.