MOSCOW, Sep 13 Bosnia and Herzegovina national team player Miralem Pjanic said that has nothing against Russian players, but cannot play with them in a friendly match. Earlier, the Football Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the official website announced a game with the Russian team, which is scheduled for November 19 in St. Petersburg. After that, the leaders of the Bosnian team — Pjanic and captain Edin Dzeko, as well as a member of the executive committee of the Football Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Azmir Husic and vice-president of the federation Irfan Duric spoke out against organizing a meeting with the Russians. The fan association of the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina BHFanaticos called for a boycott of the match with the Russian team. Also, the Ukrainian Football Association made a demand not to allow the match to be held. «The sports director of the national team, Misimovich, called me and said that there was an opportunity to play a match with Russia. I told him that at the moment there was no point in playing with them, because they were excluded by FIFA, because they were kicked out by UEFA.Why us?Why not some other national team?The whole world is suffering in one way or another because of the conflict in Ukraine, why should we be the first to play a friendly match with them?There is no positive side to this match even for us, and it will have a very negative impact on the world. Personally, I have nothing against Russian football players, but if literally everyone decided not to play with Russia, we should also show solidarity and refuse. I simply cannot play in such a match, «- cites the words of Pyanich N1 with reference to DAZN. Russian teams and clubs are suspended from participation in all international competitions for an indefinite period. The UEFA press service said that the friendly match between the national teams does not contradict the decision of the executive committee to remove the Russian teams.
