MOSCOW, Mar 23, Alexander Sergeev. Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder and national team Russian football player Dmitry Barinov expressed regret over the cancellation of the matches of the national team, but does not lose hope of playing at the World Cup in Qatar. Barinov was called to the training camp of the national team in Novogorsk, where the team was supposed to prepare for the game against the Poles in the semi-finals of the play-off tournament for reaching the final part of the World Championship, which will be held from November 21 to December 18. The match with the Poles, scheduled for March 24, was canceled. «I don't want to discuss the cancellation of the play-offs. You know how they treat us, what they say about us. It's on their conscience. We are strangled everywhere. I would like to believe that we will play in Qatar «, — Barinov told reporters. «It's very sad that we can't play matches. Now we need to get together and remember the requirements in the national team. I always come here with pleasure. accepted. We must show and prove that they are worthy of the national team,» he added. Earlier, FIFA and UEFA issued a joint statement according to which Russian teams and clubs were suspended from participation in all international competitions for an indefinite period due to the situation in Ukraine.
